You can use translate function.
For example:
data a;
input x $40.;
y=translate(x,' ','&');
cards;
My&Name&Is&Simon
Hello&World
Simon
;
run;
Result:
x y My&Name&Is&Simon My Name Is Simon Hello&World Hello World Simon Simon
From @sbb: For more than one character in a sequence, use the TRANWRD function.
From @Patrick: And since it looks like you might be trying to decode URL strings, check out the URLDECODE function which handles your specific task.
data _null_;
infile datalines truncover;
input text $40.;
text=translate(text,' ','&');
text=urldecode(text);
put text;
datalines;
My&Name&Is&Simon
Simon%27s&World
%27 - '
%28 - (
%29 - )
;
Output:
My Name Is Simon Simon's World ' - ' ( - ( ) - )
You can use translate function.
For example:
data a;
input x $40.;
y=translate(x,' ','&');
cards;
My&Name&Is&Simon
Hello&World
Simon
;
run;
Result:
x y My&Name&Is&Simon My Name Is Simon Hello&World Hello World Simon Simon
From @sbb: For more than one character in a sequence, use the TRANWRD function.
From @Patrick: And since it looks like you might be trying to decode URL strings, check out the URLDECODE function which handles your specific task.
data _null_;
infile datalines truncover;
input text $40.;
text=translate(text,' ','&');
text=urldecode(text);
put text;
datalines;
My&Name&Is&Simon
Simon%27s&World
%27 - '
%28 - (
%29 - )
;
Output:
My Name Is Simon Simon's World ' - ' ( - ( ) - )
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