Date:         Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:37:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Igor Kurbeko <ikurbeko@ATHEROGENICS.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Igor Kurbeko <ikurbeko@ATHEROGENICS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Display trailing blanks in a variable (proc print and
              resulting html file) ???
Comments: To: "Chang Y. Chung" <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Chang, actually that's what I'm trying to do:

 

 

data one;

    format t1 $20. ;

    t1="7                   ";

    ptid=111;

run;

 

proc print data=one;

run;

 

 

 

ods html body='h:/deleteme.html' ;

       

proc print data=one noobs   style(data)=[asis=on];

run;

 

ods html close;

 

 

 

The problem is that the resulting html file does not have trailing
blanks in the variable t1.

 

Any ideas? 

 

 

Igor Kurbeko

Clinical Programmer Analyst

678 336 4328

ikurbeko@atherogenics.com

 

If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chang Y. Chung [mailto:chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:27 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Display trailing blanks in a variable (proc print) ???

 

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:57:48 -0500, Igor Kurbeko

<ikurbeko@ATHEROGENICS.COM> wrote:

 

>Hi, guys.

>

>I have a variable with trailing blanks.

...

 

Hi, Igor,

 

We all do. In sas, all character type variables have trailing blanks,
once

stored -- since they are fixed length strings right-padded with blank

characters.

 

You can force proc print to display trailing blanks by having a pseudo-

observation with a non-blank value of full length of the variable, like:

 

data one;

  length c $10;

  /* this is a dummy obs */

  c = "----+----1";

  output;

 

  c = "A";

  output;

run;

proc print data=one;

run;

/* on lst

Obs    c

 

 1     ----+----1

 2     A

*/

 

It is also conceivable to put a non-blank character at the end
(especially

an invisible character like '00'x), but I don't recommend it -- this is
a

*very* dangerous practice.

 

data two;

  length c $10;

  c = "A";

  if substr(c,10,1)="" then substr(c,10,1) = '*'; /* '00'x */

run;

proc print data=two;

run;

/* on lst

Obs        c

 

 1     A        *

*/

 

Cheers,

Chang