Date:         Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:36:17 PST
Reply-To:     TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM
Subject:      Probably a Felony to Post

Now this, in my book, is obscene (or at least indecent):
 19   %macro scanit(string,word);
 20   %let part=%scan(&string,&word,'\');
 21   %put PART= &part;
 22   %mend scanit;
 23   %scanit(string=fileservice\loadhist\badpulse,word=1);
 PART= FILESERVICE
 24   %scanit(string=\fileservice\loadhist\badpulse,word=1);
 PART= FILESERVICE
 
The %scan function is ignoring leading delimiters.  Yes, I can get around it
with %let string=garbage\&string;--that is why it is just indecent.
 
Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard
TWB2@PGE.COM
Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco
The correlation coefficient between their views and
my postings is slightly less than 0