topic How to keep dot(.) After every two letters including spaces in SAS Programming

How to keep dot(.) After every two letters including spaces

thanikondharish — Fri, 17 May 2019 07:29:21 GMT

Data ex;
Name='sas community software';
Run;
How to do like see below
New_name='sa.s . Co.mm.un.it.y .so.ft.wa.re'

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 17 May 2019 07:33:21 GMT

Please show the code you already tried.

Patrick — Fri, 17 May 2019 08:40:45 GMT

data ex;
  name='sas community software';
  length new_name $40;
  new_name=prxchange('s/(..)(?!$)/\1./oi',-1,strip(name));
run;

thanikondharish — Fri, 17 May 2019 09:01:45 GMT

Can you explain prxchange uses

Patrick — Fri, 17 May 2019 09:09:43 GMT

ErikLund_Jensen — Fri, 17 May 2019 09:25:22 GMT

Impressing!