data have ;
input category ~ $15. amount ;
datalines ;
REGUL 15
DEPNONDTX3 32
;
run;
%macro mc_export_xls ;
PROC CONTENTS DATA = have
OUT = work.dictionnaire
NOPRINT ;
RUN ;
PROC SQL noprint ;
SELECT COMPBL(name!!
CASE
WHEN (type=1 AND
format IS MISSING)
THEN " NUMX12.9 "
WHEN (type=1) THEN " "!!
COMPRESS(cats(format,formatL,".",formatD," "))
ELSE ""
END)
,
QUOTE(LEFT(TRIM(COALESCE(label,name)))),
COUNT(*),
MAX(nobs)+1
INTO : variables SEPARATED BY " '09'x ",
: en_tete SEPARATED BY " '09'x ",
: nbVar ,
: nbObs
FROM work.dictionnaire
ORDER BY varnum
;
Quit;
FILENAME xlData "&RESULT.have.xls";
DATA _NULL_ ;
FILE xlData DROPOVER lrecl=50000 encoding= 'WE8MSWIN1252' ;
SET have ;
PUT &variables ;
run ;
%mend ;
%mc_export_xls ;
Hello,
I have a dataset with a characters string column. by exporting the dataset , a character space appaers at the end of the text.
How could I prevent this space ?
thanks in advance for your help
regards
Nasser
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