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Calcite | Level 5

Hi I'm having a problem combining multiple variables into a single column (or perhaps more exactly, I think I want to concatenate the variables?) .  I think I'm supposed to be using the catx function, but I keep getting a variety of syntax errors when I try.  I'd like to combine the 5 character code that exists in 25 different variables that are labeled DX1-DX25 into a new column called DXCOMBINED with a space between each value.  I'm so far stuck at catx (" ", dx1, dx2, dx3, ....dx25).

Thanks for your help!

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Looks fine to me. Please give an example. What do the error messages say? - PG

PG
ballardw
Super User

if the code in a data step looks like:

DXCombined = catx(" ", dx1, dx2, dx3, ..., dx25);

or

( catx(" ", dx1, dx2, dx3, ..., dx25) ) as DXCombined in proc sql

then I wouldn't expect an error.

It could be that the error is arising from something earlier in the program code.

Post the errors from the log.

Astounding
PROC Star

Just for ease of coding and simplicity, this variation should work (although I can't test it today):

dxcombined = catx(' ', of dx1-dx25);

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