Create Unique ID based on two variables

[Prateek1]

hi,

i just want to know that  how to create a Unique ID in the data set using two variables in the data set using TRIM and double pipe function ?

please give me the code ?

thanks 

sas_learner

[Reeza]

I'm confused, it sounds like you know what you want, are you having issues creating the variable?
If so, post the code you've used and are having issues with. I'm also uncertain as to what you mean by double pipe function. 

There is a double pipe that is used to represent concatenation, but in my opinion, the CAT family of functions are better, especially since they'll do things like trim by default (CATT).

[PGStats · Accepted solution]

Find a character which doesn't occur in your vaiables, such as "@", and create your unique ID as

length uniqueID $20; /* To be adjusted */

uniqueID = catx("@", var1, var2);

[Prateek1]

hi,

using  when-select statements, how can we define a new variable providing the country of each model based on the manufacturer.??

thanks ,

[Reeza]

@Prateek1 Please post your question as a new topic.