Date:         Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:13:40 -0800
Reply-To:     Erik Scott <escott@SFO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Erik Scott <escott@SFO.COM>
Organization: San Francisco Online (Televolve, Inc.)
Subject:      Re: string concatenation
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Try this - the trim function removes trailing blanks from a variable -
useful in concatenation.
 
 
  data _NULL_;
        set test end=eof;
        retain string;
        format string $200.;
        string = trim(left(string)) || trim(vname) ||'/';
        put string=;
        run;
 
Erik
 
marieke wrote:
 
> I was hoping the code returns a concatenated string
> name1/name2/name3/
>
> what is wrong with the following code?
>
> thanks
>
> data test;
>      input vname $;
>      cards;
> name1
> name2
> name3
> ;
>
> data _NULL_;
>       set test end=eof;
>       retain string '';
>       format string $200.;
>       string = string || FbcName ||'/';
> run;