Does anyone know how to remove a tab from a string using the COMPRESS function, even when editor options are set to replace tabs with spaces?
Ex. test = compress(string,"-,/ "); --where the space is an actual tab and not spaces
I tried turning off the option to use spaces in place of a tab but it still didn't work.
Hi,
According to the documentation for SAS 9.2, using "h" or "H" as the third argument will do the trick.
SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fourth Edition
Regards,
Amir.
Hi,
According to the documentation for SAS 9.2, using "h" or "H" as the third argument will do the trick.
SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fourth Edition
Regards,
Amir.
Thank you Amir!!! I should have looked a little harder.
If you want to compress out a specific character you can use a hexadecimal string literal.
test = compress(string,'09'X) ;
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