join three variables, print to new line with a backslash

[jenim514]

Hi!

I have three variables, that need to be joined to one variable and output to new line separate by backslash.  Sorry...so weird to explain!!

I tried:

data final1;
length class $300.;
set final;

class=sys||'/'||'~n/'||hiterm||'/'||'~n/'|| lowterm;

run;

proc print data=final1;
run;

I need to one variable 'class' with concatenated values of sys, hiterm,lowterm on unique line when '/' encountered:

CLASS

sys/

hiterm/

lowterm

or sample data output

CLASS

Investigation/

Metabolism/

Hyperglycemia

[Cynthia_sas · Accepted solution]

Hi:
You only show one statement. You don't show the rest of your code. Are you using PROC PRINT, PROC REPORT??

You don't show any ODS statement -- I guess that you are using ODS because ~n is the old ESCAPECHAR way of inserting a new line into a text string to show line breaks in ODS HTML, RTF or PDF output. But not all destinations use ESCAPECHAR, so it would be useful to see more code.

  Here's an ODS HTML example using the new ESCAPECHAR syntax and showing the output:

Cynthia

[Reeza]

Use CATX instead to concatenate the variables together, it's cleaner and easier to follow.

[Ksharp]

class=sys||'/'||'0D0A'x||hiterm||'/'||'0D0A'x|| lowterm;