BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
🔒 This topic is solved and locked. Need further help from the community? Please sign in and ask a new question.
LL5
Pyrite | Level 9 LL5
Pyrite | Level 9

I have a column name which calles  int'l that I want to assign a standard name literal.

I tried to put a single quatotion mark with a letter n like  'int'l'n,  but it was still not allowed in the data set.

Can anyone guide me on this?

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

You can't use single quotes to quote partial single quote, SAS will be confused. Try double quotes:

 

options validvarname=any;

data test;
input "int'l"n $;
cards;
test
;
run;

View solution in original post

4 REPLIES 4
Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

You can't use single quotes to quote partial single quote, SAS will be confused. Try double quotes:

 

options validvarname=any;

data test;
input "int'l"n $;
cards;
test
;
run;
Reeza
Super User

Not sure how your using it, you can look at NLITERAL() function. 

LL5
Pyrite | Level 9 LL5
Pyrite | Level 9
Thanks Haikuo!
LL5
Pyrite | Level 9 LL5
Pyrite | Level 9
Thanks Reeza

sas-innovate-2026-white.png



April 27 – 30 | Gaylord Texan | Grapevine, Texas

Registration is open

Walk in ready to learn. Walk out ready to deliver. This is the data and AI conference you can't afford to miss.
Register now and lock in 2025 pricing—just $495!

Register now

How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

SAS Training: Just a Click Away

 Ready to level-up your skills? Choose your own adventure.

Browse our catalog!

Discussion stats
  • 4 replies
  • 1846 views
  • 2 likes
  • 3 in conversation