Date:         Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:48:50 +0100
Reply-To:     Frank Poppe <Frank.Poppe@PWCONS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Frank Poppe <Frank.Poppe@PWCONS.COM>
Organization: UUNET-NL (http://www.nl.uu.net)
Subject:      Re: Javascript from SAS

Richard,

If sasvar is missing this still returns the sequence DOUBLEQUOTE, SPACE,
DOUBLEQUOTE, which is not what Harry and Bill wanted.

David Wards two-step solution
  java='"' || sasvar;
  java=trim(java) || '"';
circumvents this (as Charles Partridge if-then-else solution).

Frank Poppe
PW Consulting

Richard DeVenezia <radevenz@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:89mh44$2ni$1@nntp6.atl.mindspring.net...
> Tell Harry to use
> QUOTE(TRIM())
>
> java = 'stuff = ' || quote(trim(sasvar));
>
> Richard
>
> <bill_droogendyk@DOFASCO.CA> wrote in message
> news:B34F74865B47D2119E9D0000F8B84471066B5551@DFSPO02.dofasco.ca...
> > SAS-L folks:
> >
> > Harry's using SAS to write Javascript ( as part of a web page ) and
> > Javascript wants a null variable on occasion ( i.e. stuff = "" ).  Since
> > Harry is building this in SAS, he's saying something like:
> >
> >    java = 'stuff = "' || sasvar || '"';
> >
> >  If SASVAR contains only a space ( missing character variable ),
> >  he doesn't want  the JS to say stuff = " ".
> >
> > (Seems like he wants to have a variable with length=0?)
> >
> > How can this be done in SAS???
> >
> > tia, on behalf of Harry, who can't SAS-L today
> >
> > W.(Bill) Droogendyk
> > *       Quality Systems
> > Dofasco Inc. Hamilton ON Canada
> > *       Phone: 905 548 7200 x3359
> > *       Fax:    905 548 4007
> > *       Email: bill_droogendyk@dofasco.ca
>
>