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torvyle
Calcite | Level 5

Hello,

 

Let's say I have a string variable with the value "ABCD". How do I insert a 'K' between first and second characters so that the output is: AKBCD?

 

I tried the following but it's not working:

substr(string,1,0) = 'K';

 

Thank you in advance.  

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Astounding
PROC Star

First step:  make sure your variable has a length of $5 or longer.  Otherwise you need to assign the new string to a new variable.

 

data want;

set have;

var = cat( substr(var, 1, 1), 'K', substr(var, 2) );

run;

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Astounding
PROC Star

First step:  make sure your variable has a length of $5 or longer.  Otherwise you need to assign the new string to a new variable.

 

data want;

set have;

var = cat( substr(var, 1, 1), 'K', substr(var, 2) );

run;

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