how to create flags for variables with no indentation

[HitmonTran]

Hi,

I'm trying to see if  I can create a flag variable for values with indentations and no indenation?

 thanks

[Norman21]

For the indented variables, is the first character a blank? If so, you can use the SUBSTR function:

https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings/proceedings/sugi25/25/cc/25p088.pdf

[ResoluteCarbon · Accepted solution]

Not yet checked but I think you want something like that

data want;

 set have;

   If substr(LABEL,1,1)=' ' then i=1;

  else i=0;

run;