https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Insert-hyphen-in-string-character/m-p/889609#M351501 <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">target = catx("-",substr(source,1,2),substr(source,3,3),substr(source,6,3),substr(source,9));</CODE></PRE> <P>Set the required length for target before this with a LENGTH statement.</P> Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:19:02 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2023-08-17T09:19:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Insert-hyphen-in-string-character/m-p/889607#M351499 <P>Hello,&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I have a string character like that AB032001ZWXY and I have to convert to AB-032-001-ZWXY by inserting hyphen, how can I do that?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks</P> Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:47:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Insert-hyphen-in-string-character/m-p/889607#M351499 Moise 2023-08-17T16:47:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Insert-hyphen-in-string-character/m-p/889609#M351501 <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">target = catx("-",substr(source,1,2),substr(source,3,3),substr(source,6,3),substr(source,9));</CODE></PRE> <P>Set the required length for target before this with a LENGTH statement.</P> Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:19:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Insert-hyphen-in-string-character/m-p/889609#M351501 Kurt_Bremser 2023-08-17T09:19:02Z