ASCII CODE to convert a character string.

[sowmyavasa]

Hello,

I have a text string like this : 'UNIT: 10^3/UL’. and it should be converted to ‘UNIT: 10^3/UL’.

The first apostrophie should be changed from " 'UNIT " to " ‘UNIT"

Please let me know how to do this?

Thanks,

Sowmya

[Patrick]

Would the translate() function help?  SAS(R) 9.4 Functions and CALL Routines: Reference, Fourth Edition

[sowmyavasa]

Yes, But I dont know the ASCII code for the quote that is mentioned. Both appears to be same ?

[ChrisNZ]

Not the same. Look closer.

You can get the code using function rank().

data HAVE;

  X="  'UNIT: 10^3/UL’  ";

  X=translate(X,"’","'");

  A=rank("’");

  B=rank("'");

  put X= / A= B=;

run;

X=’UNIT: 10^3/UL’

A=146 B=39

[RW9]

My question would by why do you want quotes of any kind in your data, just looks like extra effort for no gain.  If it needs to be quoted for output purposes then use the quote functions provided, but keep your raw data without these things.