topic Re: Inserting number of spaces in between a string in SAS Programming

Inserting number of spaces in between a string

yadaw — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:42:28 GMT

Hi guys,

I want to add particular number of white spaces in a string.

Like suppose we have string "MESSAGE" .

I want X number of spaces after 4th character of "MESSAGE" then how can i do the same.

Output should be like "MESS AGE" => X spaces between MESS and AGE.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Inserting number of spaces in between a string

PeterClemmensen — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:46:31 GMT

Do something like this

data test;
	string="MESSAGE";
	newstring=cat(substr(string, 1, 4), '      ', substr(string, 5) );
run;

Re: Inserting number of spaces in between a string

user24feb — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:30:28 GMT

You can avoid typing 4 spaces manually with repeat:

Data Want;
  Format string $20.;
  string="MESSAGE"; 
  Substr(string, 5) = Repeat(' ', 3) || Substr(string, 5);  
Run;

Re: Inserting number of spaces in between a string

srinath3111 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:37:17 GMT

Hi,

Data want;

Format string $20.;

string="Message";

substr(string,5)=repeat(' ',3) || substr(string,5);

run;

Re: Inserting number of spaces in between a string

Satish_Parida — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:50:37 GMT

%macro InsertSpace(location=,no_spaces=)
Data Want;
set Have;
  /*Assuming the Variable opt for Transformation is string
     and it have enough length to contain the spaces
      */
  Substr(string, &location.) = Repeat(' ', &no_spaces.) || Substr(string, &location.);  
Run;
%mend InsertSpace;

%InsertSpace(location=5,no_spaces=3);

@user24feb This is little modification to your code.