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What's a quick way to replace em dashes with en dashes in a text string?

data have;

informat text_string $30.;

format text_string $30.;

input text_string $;

cards;

This—is_my_string_em_dash

This-has_a_normal_dash

This-is_another_em—dash

Another_normal_-_dash

;

run;

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Jade | Level 19

in the code you posted emdash is '97'x

translate(text_string,'-','97'x)

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Jade | Level 19

TRANSLATE function.

Reeza
Super User

Ok...it shows as EM Dash in text but I guess its actually something else, because that works in example above, but not real data.

Hex4 of  9620

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Jade | Level 19

in the code you posted emdash is '97'x

translate(text_string,'-','97'x)

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