Var New Var
A A
B AB
C ABC
D ABCD
can anyone explain how to get this answer with using retain statement or other option
Thank you
Unnati
HOw about something like this?
data have; input Var:$1; datalines; A B C D ; data want; set have; length NewVar $4; retain NewVar; NewVar=CATS(NewVar,Var); run;
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data have; do _n_=65 to 68; var=byte(_n_); output; end; run; data want; set have; length want $10; retain want; want=cats(want,var); run;
Hi @unnati it;s plain vertical concatenation. Just a matter of time before you get the understanding. HTH
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