Date:         Thu, 4 May 2000 17:01:00 +1200
Reply-To:     Steve <stejam@XXX.ES.CO.NZ>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Steve <stejam@XXX.ES.CO.NZ>
Organization: The Internet Group Ltd
Subject:      Re: Concatenating variables

Thanks everyone for your help, problem solved.

regards
Steve



"Steve" <stejam@xxx.es.co.nz> wrote in message
news:8eob21$k3p$1@news.ihug.co.nz...
> Can someone please help me with this seemingly simple problem??
>
> I have bank account broken into bank type, bank branch, account number and
> suffix and I want to join them altogether (separated by an "-").
>
> The problem is that bank type and branch are character variables and
account
> is numeric. When I join then using the usual || it gives me a big space
> between branch and account.
>
> Has anyone out there overcome this problem??
>
> TIA
> Steve
>
>