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- From: METRMDHM@SUVM.SYR.EDU (Mark D. H. Miller)
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- Subject: Re: Documented (?) use of SUBSTR?
- Message-ID: <921015.165841.LCL.METRMDHM@SUVM.SYR.EDU>
- Date: 15 Oct 92 22:20:23 GMT
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- Comments: To: "Philip Gallagher,(919)966-1065" <UPHILG@UNC.BITNET>,
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- In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 15 Oct 1992 10:37:00 EDT
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- Use of SUBSTR on the left-side of an assignment is probably attributable
- to SAS' origin as a PL/I program. These are called pseudo-variables
- and for SUBSTR, at least, have been valid from the good old days.
- Moreover, this usage documented in the manual as part of the
- SUBSTR entry (v5, basics, p.274; v6, Language reference, p601-602).
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