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K_S
Obsidian | Level 7 K_S
Obsidian | Level 7

I used catx to concatenate a few formatted variables, but after concatenating, the formats disappeared.

Any way to keep the formats when concatenating?

 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

CATX ( and all of the CAT... functions) work on the unformatted values of the variables.

 

If you want to maintain the formatting, you would have to use the proper PUT function

 

Example

catx('-',put(date,yymmdd10.), put(time,time8.),put(dollars,dollar18.2))
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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

CATX ( and all of the CAT... functions) work on the unformatted values of the variables.

 

If you want to maintain the formatting, you would have to use the proper PUT function

 

Example

catx('-',put(date,yymmdd10.), put(time,time8.),put(dollars,dollar18.2))
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Paige Miller
Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Use PUT() or VVALUE() function calls instead of just the raw variable names.

long_string=cats(var1,vvalue(var2),put(var3,yymmdd10.));

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