https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-BASE/m-p/12744#M1413 I have one dataset that is having 100 records in that variable names are empname empsalary now i want to eliminate last 2 characters of name variable value from every record? Can any one give clear example for the same? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:33:28 GMT deleted_user 2008-04-22T10:33:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-BASE/m-p/12744#M1413 I have one dataset that is having 100 records in that variable names are empname empsalary now i want to eliminate last 2 characters of name variable value from every record? Can any one give clear example for the same? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:33:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-BASE/m-p/12744#M1413 deleted_user 2008-04-22T10:33:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-BASE/m-p/12745#M1414 This sounds like homework. So I will not give you the solution directly.<BR /> <BR /> Read the SAS documentation -- available online -- for DATA and SET statements, and for LENGTH and SUBSTR functions. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:25:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-BASE/m-p/12745#M1414 deleted_user 2008-04-22T13:25:58Z