Tabs in Compress function

[BenHere]

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.

[Amir · Accepted solution]

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.

[BenHere]

Thank you Amir!!!  I should have looked a little harder.

[Tom]

If you want to compress out a specific character you can use a hexadecimal string literal.

test = compress(string,'09'X) ;