Date:         Tue, 2 May 2006 13:42:18 -0700
Reply-To:     "Choate, Paul@DDS" <pchoate@DDS.CA.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Choate, Paul@DDS" <pchoate@DDS.CA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: is there an easy way to trim blanks on the left side of a
Comments: To: lzhang9830@YAHOO.COM
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The length function returns the last nonblank position.  This with
substr, subpad, or substrn is what you need.

  Substr(var,1,Length(var))

Paul Choate
DDS Data Extraction
(916) 654-2160

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Lei
> Zhang
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:34 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: is there an easy way to trim blanks on the left side of a
>
> Harry,
>       Sorry,  I didn't presnent  my problem correctly.
>       I actually am  looking for a simple method to trim the blanks on
> the RIGHTside of a SAS string, not  left side.  There are two
> conditions:
>      First.  Excepting the trailing balnks, the positions of other
> characters should not chnaged, and
>     Second, the blanks (if any) on the left sides should not be
removed
> .
>
>      I guess SAS should provide a Base function called RTRIM(), but I
> simply can not find it.
>
> Lei