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teja5959
Fluorite | Level 6

Here attached the data step. just i want change to var a="New OTC Or Rx drug addedOr change to small or. how to change it

 


data exp;
a="New OTC Or Rx drug added";
b="New OTC or Rx drug added";
run; 

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emrancaan
Obsidian | Level 7
a=lowcase("New OTC Or Rx drug added");
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

@emrancaan wrote:
a=lowcase("New OTC Or Rx drug added");

This changes all capitals to lowercase, which is not what the OP intended.

27         data exp;
28         a=lowcase("New OTC Or Rx drug added");
29         put a=;
30         run;

a=new otc or rx drug added
emrancaan
Obsidian | Level 7

I C he just wanted Or in small 

 

so

a=tranwrd("New OTC Or Rx drug added",'Or','or');

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