Date:         Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:56:05 -0700
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From:         shanky <shankardasm@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: How can I use scan and substr function
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Hi Ethan,

You could try this:

data x;
y='If I have, a variable called "REASON". Because the value for this
variable are too long, so I need to divided into two variables. found
out there is one problem, there are some value being
truncated.EOM';
reas1=substr(compress(y,'" , . '),1,100);
reas2=substr(compress(y,'" , . '),101);
run;


Shanky