topic Diferences between trim and strip in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193551#M48629 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Simple question about string functions:</P><P></P><P>If trim removes trailing blancks and strip = left(trim(var)) , what is the different between trim and strip?, is not the same?</P><P>if you remove blancks on the left, then the result is not the same as left(trim..?</P><P>isn't it?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 May 2015 22:07:50 GMT juanvg1972 2015-05-26T22:07:50Z Diferences between trim and strip https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193551#M48629 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Simple question about string functions:</P><P></P><P>If trim removes trailing blancks and strip = left(trim(var)) , what is the different between trim and strip?, is not the same?</P><P>if you remove blancks on the left, then the result is not the same as left(trim..?</P><P>isn't it?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 May 2015 22:07:50 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193551#M48629 juanvg1972 2015-05-26T22:07:50Z Re: Diferences between trim and strip https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193552#M48630 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is slightly incorrect:&nbsp; strip = left(trim(var))</P><P></P><P>The correct version would be:&nbsp; strip = trim(left(var))</P><P></P><P>With that change, there is a difference if you begin with leading blanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 May 2015 23:00:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193552#M48630 Astounding 2015-05-26T23:00:41Z Re: Diferences between trim and strip https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193553#M48631 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And the doc <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002295689.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002295689.htm">SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fourth Edition</A> has a good list of comparison features.</P><P>cynthia</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 May 2015 00:14:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Diferences-between-trim-and-strip/m-p/193553#M48631 Cynthia_sas 2015-05-27T00:14:27Z