Concatenation with put statement

[mlogan]

Can someone tell me how do I insert 5 spaces between last name and first name?

line1 = CAT(put(Student_ID, 7.), put(Last_Name, 5.), put(First_Name, 3.));

Expected Output

123456 JHANG     Will       

1234658MICHA     Don

Thanks,

[Haris · Accepted solution]

line1 = CAT(put(Student_ID, 7.), put(Last_Name, 5.), '     ', put(First_Name, 3.));

but you can't fit 'Will' into three characters of the first name...

[ballardw]

line1 = CAT(put(Student_ID, 7.), put(Last_Name, $5.), '     ', put(First_Name, $3.));

or

line1 = CAT(put(Student_ID, 7.),substr(Last_Name,1, 5), '     ', substr(First_Name, 1, 3))

And if I were writing directly to listing output or a text file would consider

put student_d @8 Last_name $5. @13 First_name $3.;

[LinusH]

You can't (espacially by using numerical format) and there is no need to use put() function on character values.
Why do you want to concatenate those in the first place?