How to keep dot(.) After every two letters including spaces

[thanikondharish]

Data ex;
Name='sas community software';
Run;
How to do like see below
New_name='sa.s . Co.mm.un.it.y .so.ft.wa.re'

[Kurt_Bremser]

Please show the code you already tried.

[Patrick]

data ex;
  name='sas community software';
  length new_name $40;
  new_name=prxchange('s/(..)(?!$)/\1./oi',-1,strip(name));
run;

[thanikondharish]

Can you explain prxchange uses

[Patrick]

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl//en/lefunctionsref/69762/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n0r8h2fa8d...

https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarget=p1vz3ljudbd756n19502acxazevk....

https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarget=p0s9ilagexmjl8n1u7e1t1jfnzlk.... 

[ErikLund_Jensen]

Impressing!