After ensuring that the length of one_variable is adequate for the concatenation:

one_variable = variable_a || variable_b;

Or, for numeric data:

one_variable = put(variable_a,12.) || put(variable_b,12.); * or whatever format is appropriate;

You may want to compress( ) to rid yourself of trailing blanks in variable_a:

one_variable = compress(variable_a || variable_b);

Note that this construction can be done on the fly in SQL as well:

proc sql; select compress(variable_a || variable_b) as one_variable from ...

-----Original Message----- From: Nicole Bibb [mailto:nicole.d.bibb@WELLSFARGO.COM] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:40 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Combining Variables

How do I combine two variables into one variable that reside in the same dataset?

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