https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/I-want-to-Concatenate-Date-amp-Character-Variables/m-p/601217#M16691 <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">newvar = cats(put(date,mmddyy10.),c1,c2);</CODE></PRE> Sun, 03 Nov 2019 10:22:53 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2019-11-03T10:22:53Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/I-want-to-Concatenate-Date-amp-Character-Variables/m-p/601216#M16690 <P>I have the following dataset:</P><PRE>data Have;<BR />input date mmddyy10. c1$ c2$ c3$ c4 c5;<BR />format date mmddyy10.;<BR />cards;<BR />01/02/2019 A B C 4 5<BR />01/03/2019 4 5 6 7 8 <BR />01/04/2019 3 6 7 8 1<BR />;run;<BR /><BR />I want to add a new character column which concatenates column1, column2 &amp; Column3 as:<BR />01/02/2019AB<BR />01/03/201945<BR />01/04/201936</PRE><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 03 Nov 2019 09:55:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/I-want-to-Concatenate-Date-amp-Character-Variables/m-p/601216#M16690 RADAGBE9 2019-11-03T09:55:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/I-want-to-Concatenate-Date-amp-Character-Variables/m-p/601217#M16691 <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">newvar = cats(put(date,mmddyy10.),c1,c2);</CODE></PRE> Sun, 03 Nov 2019 10:22:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/I-want-to-Concatenate-Date-amp-Character-Variables/m-p/601217#M16691 Kurt_Bremser 2019-11-03T10:22:53Z