right/left justified variables

[Tal]

i have a char variable that need to be filled with |||| to the left and 2 zeros to the right

and write to an output file with  a length of 19 (pos 2 to position 20)

so if the variable is "aaaaaaaaaa"

then it needs to be displayed as    |||||||aaaaaaaaaa00

The zeros  are easy to be added  but the ||| no clue

also another char var (length=16) that needs to be right justified with zeros

so it the var is bbbbbbbbbb it will be 000000bbbbbbbbbb  in the  output

anyone please

[Haikuo · Accepted solution]

I am sure there will be many solutions, here is two of them, _var1--tranwrd() and _var2--substr()

data test;

length _var1 var1 _var2 $ 19;

var="aaaaaaaaaa";

var1=cats(var,'00');

_var1=tranwrd(right(var1),' ','|');

_var2=repeat('|',18);

substr(_var2,19-length(var)-2)=cats(var,'00');

run;

Regards,

Haikuo

Or _var3:

_var3=cats(repeat('|',19-length(var)-3),var,'00');

[Tal]

thanks Haikuo!