PTRLONGADD Function

PTRLONGADD Function

Returns the pointer address as a character variable on 32-bit and 64-bit platforms

Category: Special

Syntax

PTRADDLONG ( pointer <, amount >)

Arguments

pointer

• specifies a character string that is the pointer address.

amount

• specifies the amount to add to the address.

• Tip: amount can be a negative number.

Details

The PTRLONGADD function performs pointer arithmetic and returns a pointer address as a character string.

Examples

The following example returns the pointer address for the variable Z.

 data _null_;     x='ABCDE';     y=ptrlongadd(addrlong(x),2);     z=peekclong(y,1);     put z=;  run; 

The output from the SAS log is: z=C