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BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
data _null_;
	separator='*';
	x='SAS';
	y=catx(separator,x);
	put y=;
	run;
	

Desired output;

S*A*S

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Run a loop over the string that selects single characters with SUBSTR, and concatenate those:

do i = 1 to length(x);
  y = catx(separator,substr(x,i,1));
end;

Make sure that the defined length of y is sufficient (at least double the defined length of x minus 1).

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Run a loop over the string that selects single characters with SUBSTR, and concatenate those:

do i = 1 to length(x);
  y = catx(separator,substr(x,i,1));
end;

Make sure that the defined length of y is sufficient (at least double the defined length of x minus 1).

BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
data n;
do i = 1 to length(x);
separator='*';
y = catx(separator,substr(x,i,1));
end ;
run;
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
i didn't get desired ouput above code
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Please supply example data in a data step with datalines (DO NOT SKIP THIS!), and the code you ran against that dataset, and indicate where the result does not meet your expectations.

BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
data s;
x='SAS';
do i=1 to length(x);
y=catx('*',substr(x,i,1));
end;
run;
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

My bad, y was missing as argument to the CATX function:

data s;
x = 'SAS';
length y $5;
do i = 1 to length(x);
  y = catx('*',y,substr(x,i,1));
end;
drop i;
run;
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Perfect
Thank You

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