how to put space in characters in sas

[merahilyana]

i need help??

example my value is:

state

kula lumpur

puterajaya

labuan

but i want it will be like this:

state

  kula lumpur

      puterajaya

  labuan

[PeterClemmensen]

What is the logic here?

[merahilyana]

i want put space before kula lumpur n more space before puterajaya..that all

[PeterClemmensen]

Why? You just want to put for example two spaces before kula lumpur and four spaces before puterajaya.

[merahilyana]

THAT IS EXAMPLE THE REAL DATA LIKE THIS:
BATU PAHAT
  M.P. Batu Pahat
    Bandar Penggaram

to show result at word like that..

[Kurt_Bremser]

What do you mean by "real data"? SAS datasets or external files from which SAS data needs to be created?

Also keep in mind that in many cases, SAS will not display leading blanks per default.

[merahilyana]

MY DATA..NOT FROM SAS..JUST WANT APPEAR RESULT WILL BE LIKE THAT ONLY..

[Kurt_Bremser]

Then please post (copy/paste) a few lines of your input file into a window opened with the {i} button.

[Astounding]

If that data is already in a SAS data set, you need to take two steps.

First, add leading blanks.  For example:

varname = '  ' || varname;

Secondly, you need to preserve the leading blanks when displaying the variable.  For example:

format varname $char20.;