https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839169#M331811 Using collate operator ?<BR />"ABCDEFGHIJ........&lt;&gt;?/" || ' " ' Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:04:08 GMT Ksharp 2022-10-18T12:04:08Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839146#M331797 <P>Hi...&nbsp;</P><P>I would like to know on how to add in this symbol &gt; " into the code below:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>NAME1=compbl(compress(strip(upcase(NAME)),"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890`~!@#$%^&amp;*()-_=+\|[]{};:<STRONG><FONT color="#ff0000">"</FONT></STRONG>',.&lt;&gt;?/ ","kis"))</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Currently, encounter this error code (ERROR 388-185: Expecting an arithmetic operator.) due to the <STRONG><FONT color="#ff0000">red</FONT> </STRONG>font item.&nbsp;</P><P>Open to other suggest on how to improve the code. Many thanks.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:32:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839146#M331797 abx 2022-10-18T09:32:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839147#M331798 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/391547">@abx</a>,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Just duplicate it: <FONT face="courier new,courier" size="6"><FONT color="#FF0000">"</FONT><FONT color="#008000">"</FONT></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:03:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839147#M331798 FreelanceReinh 2022-10-18T10:03:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839169#M331811 Using collate operator ?<BR />"ABCDEFGHIJ........&lt;&gt;?/" || ' " ' Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:04:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/839169#M331811 Ksharp 2022-10-18T12:04:08Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/840777#M332433 <P>Thanks for the tips!&nbsp;</P> Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:41:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/840777#M332433 abx 2022-10-26T09:41:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/840778#M332434 thanks for the tips too. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:42:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Only-include-specific-characters-in-a-string/m-p/840778#M332434 abx 2022-10-26T09:42:42Z