topic Re: Add a suffix to a varable in SAS Programming

Add a suffix to a varable

CEG — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:15:14 GMT

Hi,

I just want to add a "1" to variables called "segment." They look like "ABC," ....."XYZ."

I was wondering why this doesn't work:

If carrier = 'CTL' then segmentplus = segment || "1";

I get ABC not ABC1.

Thanks.

Reeza — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:18:23 GMT

Length of the variables. Try using a CATT function that strips trailing and leading spaces.

If carrier = 'CTL' then segmentplus = catt(segment, 1);

CEG — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:22:19 GMT

Thanks for the quick response. It works!