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kovamk
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, I need Carriage Return help please. 

I'm running a SAS program that puts data into an Excel Template. I query a SQL table, use RETAIN, and then LABEL the data. All of this works as intended and has for years. What I need now is to get this one particular LABEL to incorporate a Carriage Return so the words in parenthesis "(Display)" are put on the second line of the Excel Cell.

 

Section of Current Code:  

LABEL HEDIS_COLON_GAP         ='Colorectal Cancer Screening (Display)'      ;

 

I tried this but it didn't work:  

LABEL HEDIS_COLON_GAP         ='Colorectal Cancer Screening' ||'0D'x || '(Display)'      ;

 

Thanks,

Mike

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data_null__
Jade | Level 19

The label statement is not like the assignment statement, but it does have an implied concatenation.

 

37   data test;
38       HEDIS_COLON_GAP=1;
39       LABEL HEDIS_COLON_GAP ='Colorectal Cancer Screening' '0D'x '(Display)';
40       label=vlabel(HEDIS_COLON_GAP);
41       put label=$hex60.;
42       run;

label=436F6C6F72656374616C2043616E6365722053637265656E696E67200D20

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