topic Re: how to put space in characters in sas in New SAS User

how to put space in characters in sas

merahilyana — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:09:49 GMT

i need help??

example my value is:

state

kula lumpur

puterajaya

labuan

but i want it will be like this:

state

kula lumpur

puterajaya

labuan

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:15:02 GMT

What is the logic here?

merahilyana — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:19:34 GMT

i want put space before kula lumpur n more space before puterajaya..that all

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:24:42 GMT

Why? You just want to put for example two spaces before kula lumpur and four spaces before puterajaya.

merahilyana — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:32:23 GMT

THAT IS EXAMPLE THE REAL DATA LIKE THIS:
BATU PAHAT
M.P. Batu Pahat
Bandar Penggaram

to show result at word like that..

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:39:01 GMT

What do you mean by "real data"? SAS datasets or external files from which SAS data needs to be created?

Also keep in mind that in many cases, SAS will not display leading blanks per default.

merahilyana — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:42:24 GMT

MY DATA..NOT FROM SAS..JUST WANT APPEAR RESULT WILL BE LIKE THAT ONLY..

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:49:43 GMT

Then please post (copy/paste) a few lines of your input file into a window opened with the {i} button.

Astounding — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:34:42 GMT

If that data is already in a SAS data set, you need to take two steps.

First, add leading blanks. For example:

varname = ' ' || varname;

Secondly, you need to preserve the leading blanks when displaying the variable. For example:

format varname $char20.;