Using SAS 9.4 on Windows
I have code that uses CATX to concatenate two variables with a comma in between:
stdy_sub = catx(', ', study, substance);
I would like the separator to be a paragraph break with some spaces after the break so that the result is something like:
studyname
substancename
You could try using the hex value for the Line Feed character (Unix) or Carriage Return + Line Feed (Windows).
Below is an example of Unix:
data _null_;
file tempfile;
study = 'studyname';
substance = 'substancename';
stdy_sub = catx(cat('0A'x,' '), study, substance);
put stdy_sub;
run;
For Windows you should be able to use something like:
stdy_sub = catx(cat('0D'x,'0A'x,' '), study, substance);
Kind regards,
Amir.
You could try using the hex value for the Line Feed character (Unix) or Carriage Return + Line Feed (Windows).
Below is an example of Unix:
data _null_;
file tempfile;
study = 'studyname';
substance = 'substancename';
stdy_sub = catx(cat('0A'x,' '), study, substance);
put stdy_sub;
run;
For Windows you should be able to use something like:
stdy_sub = catx(cat('0D'x,'0A'x,' '), study, substance);
Kind regards,
Amir.
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