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Date:         Fri, 21 Feb 2003 13:59:50 +1100
Reply-To:     Thomas Rick <rthomas@WOOLWORTHS.COM.AU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Thomas Rick <rthomas@WOOLWORTHS.COM.AU>
Subject:      Re: MVS Concatenate
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Michel,

This works for me, SAS8.02 on S/390. From the SASLOG,

8    data _null_;
9    a1='Name';
10   a2='First';
11   b=a1||a2;
12   put a1= a2= b=;
13   run;

A1=Name A2=First B=NameFirst
NOTE: The DATA statement used 0.00 CPU seconds and 11542K.


Not sure what is happening for you. Perhaps if you showed us some code or
listing from the log, we may be able to see what is wrong.

Regards,
Rick.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michel Hantar [SMTP:meh1@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:38 PM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      MVS Concatenate
>
> Hi.
>
> I have a small problem.
> I have two character variables a1 and a2 and I want to put them into one
> new
> variable b=a1a2 (concatenate) their value.
>
> Example.
> var  value
> a1=Name
> a2=First
> b=NameFirst.
>
> I used b= a1||a2;
>
> But to my surprise I am getting an error, SAS name not recognized or
> expecting an operator depending if I write it like a1 || a2 (with extra
> space). How can I concatenate these two variables.Any other function or
> hints?
> Interestingly enough if I do this on SAS Desktop it works!
> Anybody any idea what is the problem? Again this is happening under
> MVS/390
> SAS 8.02. platform.
>
> Thanks,
> Mimi.
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