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Jakkas
Calcite | Level 5

Is there a sas function that can conactenate all members of a temporary character array using a given seperator? Something like CatX(" ", of myArr)  but this doesn't work. Here is a sample code of what I want to accomplish using some function.

Data _null_;

     Array myArr {4} $ _temporary_ ("A" "B" "C" "D");

     Length catResult $100;

     catResult="";

     Do i=1 to dim(myArr);

          catResult=CatX(" ", catResult,myArr{i});

     End;

     Put catResult;

Run;

    

Thanks

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Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

Is this you are after?

Data _null_;

  Array myArr {4} $ _temporary_ ("A" "B" "C" "D");

  Length catResult $100;

  catResult="";

/* Do i=1 to dim(myArr);*/

  catResult=CatX(" ", of myArr{*});

/* End;*/

  Put catResult;

Run;

Haikuo

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Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

Is this you are after?

Data _null_;

  Array myArr {4} $ _temporary_ ("A" "B" "C" "D");

  Length catResult $100;

  catResult="";

/* Do i=1 to dim(myArr);*/

  catResult=CatX(" ", of myArr{*});

/* End;*/

  Put catResult;

Run;

Haikuo

data_null__
Jade | Level 19

What version of SAS are you using?  This should work with temp array V9.2+

catResult=CatX(" ",of myArr{*});

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