Inserting number of spaces in between a string

[yadaw]

Hi guys,

I want to add particular number of white spaces in a string.

Like suppose we have string "MESSAGE" .

I want X number of spaces after 4th character of "MESSAGE" then how can i do the same.

Output should be like "MESS          AGE"  => X spaces between MESS and AGE.

Thanks in advance.

[PeterClemmensen]

Do something like this

data test;
	string="MESSAGE";
	newstring=cat(substr(string, 1, 4), '      ', substr(string, 5) );
run;

[user24feb]

You can avoid typing 4 spaces manually with repeat:

Data Want;
  Format string $20.;
  string="MESSAGE"; 
  Substr(string, 5) = Repeat(' ', 3) || Substr(string, 5);  
Run;

[Satish_Parida]

%macro InsertSpace(location=,no_spaces=)
Data Want;
set Have;
  /*Assuming the Variable opt for Transformation is string
     and it have enough length to contain the spaces
      */
  Substr(string, &location.) = Repeat(' ', &no_spaces.) || Substr(string, &location.);  
Run;
%mend InsertSpace;

%InsertSpace(location=5,no_spaces=3);

@user24feb This is little modification to your code. 

[srinath3111]

Hi,

 Data want;

Format string $20.;

string="Message";

substr(string,5)=repeat(' ',3) || substr(string,5);

run;