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tom12122
Obsidian | Level 7

I have data set X that can have variable number of columns named c1, c2, c3 etc cn.

I need to concatenate them in one string. I need to have code that works regardless what the number of those columns is.

Is there a way to concatenate with some c: wildcard or similat to that?

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Linlin
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Tom,

how about:

data have;

input id (c1-c5)($);

cards;

1 a b c d e

2 d r b t t

;

data want;

length newvar $ 50;

set have;

newvar=catt(of c:);

proc print;run;

            Obs    newvar    id    c1    c2    c3    c4    c5

                  1     abcde     1    a     b     c     d     e

                  2     drbtt      2    d     r     b     t     t

Linlin

tom12122
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks. But is there a possibility to add some separator or space between values?

Linlin
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

yes.

data have;
input id (c1-c5)($);
cards;
1 a b c d e
2 d r b t t
;
data want;
length newvar $ 50;
set have;
newvar=catx('+',of c:);
run;
proc print;run;

Obs     newvar      id    c1    c2    c3    c4    c5

1     a+b+c+d+e     1    a     b     c     d     e
2     d+r+b+t+t      2    d     r     b     t     t

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