Date:         Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:52:45 EST
Reply-To:     Bernard Tremblay <imaginasys@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bernard Tremblay <imaginasys@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS8 is case sensitive?
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Russel and Michael,

   You are damned right.  I tried to create many variables with different
upper/lower case in the names, but I ended with only ONE variable. No matter
if you have "options validvarname=uppercase or v7;".  The documentation is
not clear about that fact.  Anyway why the heck have this dummy option
"validvarname=upcase/v7/v6" since upcase and v7 are definitly the same
options (except for printing)... Not very clear to my eyes !

     Regards,
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 >From: "Newhouse, Russell" <Russell.Newhouse@PFIZER.COM>
>Reply-To: "Newhouse, Russell" <Russell.Newhouse@PFIZER.COM>
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: SAS8 is case sensitive?
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:59:19 -0500
>
>Actually, the case affects display only. Referring to the variable name is
>still case-insensitive.
>
>In other words, your variable would display as "HOSPID" in a PROC PRINT,
>but
>you can still refer to it as "hospid", or "HospID", etc. in your program.
>
>Russell Newhouse
>Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor
>Clinical Informatics
>Russell.Newhouse@pfizer.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Johnson [mailto:BJohnson@HCIASACHS.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:53 AM
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: SAS8 is case sensitive?
>
>
>I've noticed that SAS 8 has become Case Sensitive....so when I'm looking
>for
>a
>variable, "HOSPID" is not the same as "hospid".  Is there a way to make SAS
>ignore casing of variables?
>_____________________________
>Bruce A. Johnson
>Manager, Data Management
>HCIA-Sachs
>http://www.hciasachs.com
>847-475-7526


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