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tom12122
Obsidian | Level 7

How to replace " with ' in marcovariable?

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MikeTurner
Calcite | Level 5

tranwrd

tom12122
Obsidian | Level 7

ok, but how use special characters " ' with tranwrd

LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

Try %BQUOTE

Data never sleeps
Ksharp
Super User

EXAMPLE:

%let old= %str( Everyone%" is %"here. old%"s one. ) ;
%let new=%qsysfunc(translate(&old,%str(%'),%str(%")));

%put %bquote(&new);

Ksharp

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