/*
/ Program : asciinonp.sas
/ Version : 1.0
/ Author : Roland Rashleigh-Berry
/ Date : 29-Mar-2007
/ Purpose : To show up ascii non-printables characters in a flat file by
/ displaying their hex codes.
/ SubMacros : none
/ Notes :
/ Usage : %asciinonp(infile,outfile)
/
/===============================================================================
/ PARAMETERS:
/-------name------- -------------------------description------------------------
/ infile (pos) Input file
/ file (pos) Output file
/===============================================================================
/ AMENDMENT HISTORY:
/ init --date-- mod-id ----------------------description------------------------
/ rrb 29Mar07 Put out "macro called" message plus header tidy
/===============================================================================
/ This is public domain software. No guarantee as to suitability or accuracy is
/ given or implied. User uses this code entirely at their own risk.
/=============================================================================*/
%put MACRO CALLED: asciinonp v1.0;
%macro asciinonp(infile,file);
data _null_;
length linein $ 200 newline $ 400 char $ 1;
retain outpos 0 ;
infile "&infile" pad;
file "&file" notitles noprint;
input linein $char200.;
outpos=1;
if linein ne ' ' then do;
do i=1 to length(linein);
char=substr(linein,i,1);
rank=rank(char);
if 32 <= rank <= 126 then do;
substr(newline,outpos,1)=char;
outpos=outpos+1;
end;
else do;
substr(newline,outpos,4)='<'||put(rank,hex2.)||'>';
outpos=outpos+4;
end;
end;
put @(length(newline)-length(left(newline))+1) newline;
end;
else put;
run;
%mend;