Date:         Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:43:12 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <RJF2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <RJF2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: question on %substr(&arg1,&arg2,&arg3)
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> From: Ben
> Hi,How could I check if the last character of a path is '/'
> using Macro facility?

%Let Path = c:\temp\;
%Let slash = %substr(&Path,%length(&Path.),1);
%Put Slash<&Slash.>;


*you need the macro in the archives below;
%Put the last character of Path<&Path.> is
%ifthen(&Slash. eq \
       ,true =
       ,false=knot
       ) a slash;


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