Add space between two variable values

[jayakumarmm]

I have a syntax like below. I what to add a space between two variable. Please help me on this

text2 = cats('"/user/path`',&year,put(lastmonth,nlstrmon.),'filename.txt','"');

for example I am expecting a output like below

"/user/path/2016 AUGUST filename.txt"

[Reeza]

Add a space before filename.txt?

Otherwise switch from the CATS() function to a different version of the CAT family of functions that honours spaces. 

You can use the || operator as well. 

Edit: CATT trims trailing blanks, but keeps leading blanks. 

[Haikuo · Accepted solution]

Might resort to the old school way:

%let year=2016;
data test;
lastmonth=8;
text2 = cats('"/user/path/',&year,' ',put(lastmonth,nlstrmon.),'filename.txt','"');
text_want='"/user/path/'||strip(&year)||' '||put(lastmonth,nlstrmon.)||' '||'filename.txt'||'"';
run;

[jayakumarmm]

Thanks a lot. It works great