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
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');
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');
thanks Haikuo!
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