Date:         Sat, 24 May 2003 08:23:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Stig Eide <stigeide@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stig Eide <stigeide@YAHOO.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Removing Trailing Blanks from a Macro variable and Index
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The easiest way to remove trailing blanks is:
%let mvar=&mvar;
Hope this helps!
Stig

patricia.simon@QUANTUM.COM (Patricia Simon) wrote in message news:<200305232148.h4NLm2n20026@listserv.cc.uga.edu>...
> Hi,
> I created a macro variable, IndepVar, that is concatenated with an Index
> counter, i.  When I refer to the macro variable in a chart title inside
> proc gplot, it displays about 20 trailing blanks despite the trim
> statement. How do I remove the trailing blanks?
> Thank you,
> Patty
>
> data _null_;
>  set MaxGraphVars end=eof;
>  i+1;
>  ii=left(put(i,2.));
>  call symput (trim('IndepVar'||ii),_SOURCE_);
>  if eof then call symput('Total',ii);
> run;
>
> %macro CreateCharts;
>
> %do i=1 %to &Total;
>
> proc gplot data=rawdata uniform;
> plot &&DepVar&i * &&IndepVar&i;
>   title2 "Raw Data: Varying &&IndepVar&i";
> run;
> quit;
> %end;
> %mend;