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gzr2mz39
Quartz | Level 8

I would like to capitalize the first letter of the first word of a string. For example, "abc def" would be "Abc def" and "xyz mno rptd" would be "Xyz mno rptd".

Any ideas?

Thank you.

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Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

There is function propcase(), but it will upcase first char of very word in your string. So you may want to try following approach:

data _null_;

  a="abc def";

substr(a,1,1)=upcase(first(a));

  put a=;

run;

Haikuo

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Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

There is function propcase(), but it will upcase first char of very word in your string. So you may want to try following approach:

data _null_;

  a="abc def";

substr(a,1,1)=upcase(first(a));

  put a=;

run;

Haikuo

art297
Opal | Level 21

: Couldn't you just use the substr function?  e.g.:

data have;

  informat text $30.;

  input text &;

  cards;

abc def

xyz mno rptd

;

data want;

  set have;

  substr(text,1,1)=upcase(substr(text,1,1));

run;

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