Date:         Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:03:14 -0700
Reply-To:     "Huang, Ya" <ya.huang@PFIZER.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Huang, Ya" <ya.huang@PFIZER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Appending ";" at the end of a variable
Comments: To: Action Man <wollo_desse@HOTMAIL.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain

191  data _null_;
192  length big_var $50;
193  big_var="I_am_too_Big_2_handle";
194  put big_var=;
195  big_var=trim(big_var)||';';
196  put big_var=;
197  run;

big_var=I_am_too_Big_2_handle
big_var=I_am_too_Big_2_handle;
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.01 second

You have to declare the length of big_var long
enough to fit in one more letter. If you don't
use length statement, by default, big_var will
get the length of the first string assigned to it,
therefore, when you try to concatenate one more
letter, there is no room for it.

BTW, no need of macro var here.

Kind regards,

Ya

-----Original Message-----
From: Action Man [mailto:wollo_desse@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 8:50 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Appending ";" at the end of a variable


Hello SASL;

I need to append  ";" at the end of a variable, I tried the following;

%let commait = %str(;);


data test1;
big_var="I_am_too_Big_2_handle";
run;

data test2;
set test1;
big_Var=Big_var||&commait;
run;

but I am not getting the ";" at the end of the variable. What am I doing
wrong?

Thank you in advance.
Wollo


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