topic Re: What is &quot;!&quot;, how is it different from &quot;|&quot; concatenation sign? in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84342#M18175 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It seems that it is difference between EDBIC and ASCII .</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:32:00 GMT Ksharp 2012-04-17T06:32:00Z What is "!", how is it different from "|" concatenation sign? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84338#M18171 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Most of time, I use "|" as concatenation symbol to do the operation, like: "sys"||_N_.</P><P></P><P>I also saw some cases that use "!" to do the concatenation.</P><P></P><P>Can someone tell me when I need to do the concatenation using "!"?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:16:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84338#M18171 ZRick 2012-04-15T23:16:35Z Re: What is "!", how is it different from "|" concatenation sign? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84339#M18172 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Both symbols can be used interchangeably.</P><P></P><P>PG</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:59:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84339#M18172 PGStats 2012-04-15T23:59:54Z Re: What is "!", how is it different from "|" concatenation sign? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84340#M18173 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>|| won't work on z/OS (at least it didn't work in my TSO session)...but !! (double exclamation points) will. I believe both Windows and UNIX will accept ||</P><P></P><P>Of course the CAT series of functions (CAT CATS CATT CATX) will work anywhere (<A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002257060.htm">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002257060.htm</A>)</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:25:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84340#M18173 Jay_TxOAG 2012-04-16T01:25:09Z Re: What is "!", how is it different from "|" concatenation sign? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84341#M18174 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When to use !! instead of || : When your keyboard or OS doesn't support ||. This goes back to much older keyboards with many fewer keys, including when EVERYTHING WAS ALL CAPS.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:10:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84341#M18174 ballardw 2012-04-16T16:10:18Z Re: What is "!", how is it different from "|" concatenation sign? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84342#M18175 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It seems that it is difference between EDBIC and ASCII .</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:32:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/What-is-quot-quot-how-is-it-different-from-quot-quot/m-p/84342#M18175 Ksharp 2012-04-17T06:32:00Z