https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Special-Characters/m-p/55077#M5799 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> I have a flat file that I would be importing thru E.G. Problem is the file has a lot of special characters. Is there a function in SAS to convert the special characters to say spaces?<BR /> <BR /> Thanks<BR /> Jun Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:48:21 GMT deleted_user 2008-10-17T07:48:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Special-Characters/m-p/55077#M5799 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> I have a flat file that I would be importing thru E.G. Problem is the file has a lot of special characters. Is there a function in SAS to convert the special characters to say spaces?<BR /> <BR /> Thanks<BR /> Jun Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:48:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Special-Characters/m-p/55077#M5799 deleted_user 2008-10-17T07:48:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Special-Characters/m-p/55078#M5800 Take a look at the translate function.<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:44:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Special-Characters/m-p/55078#M5800 LinusH 2008-10-17T08:44:53Z