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arulrajan
Calcite | Level 5

I ran this below code in SAS 9.4 on Linux

 

data test;
input a $ b $;
datalines;
q s
t r
;
run;

data test;
set test;
if b='r' then b='';
run;

proc export data=test dbms=xlsx outfile='/data/com/test1.xlsx' replace;
run;

 

returns an xlsx with Non Printable Blank values. This is made sure with =ISBLANK function on the excel. The =ISBLANK of column 'b' is false for both observations. Whereas it should not be False for 2nd observation.

 

Please is there any way to correct this proc export dbms=xlsx option. I am not using pcfiles, as SAS 9.4 export to Linux does not need that but xlsx engine will be taking care of it.

 

Thank you very much for your help!

Arul

2 REPLIES 2
Reeza
Super User
Just a guess, have you tried call missing() instead?

data test;
set test;
if b='r' then call missing(b);
run;
ballardw
Super User

Or assign an actual space: ' ' instead of ''

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