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ed_sas_member
Meteorite | Level 14

Hi @souji 

 

In addition to adding a LENGTH statement, you also need to manage the leading and trailing blanks of each variable to concatenate. You can use the STRIP() function to do that.

data staff;
	length JobCategory $3.;
	JobCategory='FA';
	JobLevel='1';
	JobCategory=strip(JobCategory)||strip(JobLevel);
run;

Best,

SASKiwi
PROC Star

Or if you prefer, the CATS function:

data staff;
	length JobCategory $3.;
	JobCategory='FA';
	JobLevel='1';
	JobCategory=cats(JobCategory, JobLevel);
run;
souji
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank You

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