The problem might be, that all leading blanks are ignored with the default $n. format. Did you try to assign the format &char11. (or whatever is the right length...)? That should NOT ignore blanks. Gerhard

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:21:25 -0400, Siddharth Jain <sjain@AVEOPHARMA.COM> wrote:

>For a table, I want to indent SOC and PTs like below: > >ABDOMINAL PAIN /* Variable cmindc */ > Ketorolac tromethamine /* Variable cmdecod */ > Nembudeine > Omeprazole > Paracetamol > >I am using below statements but it is not working: > > length socpt $200; > socpt = cmindc || strip(cmdecod); > if cmindc = ' ' then socpt = ' ' || strip(cmdecod); > >Below is my Proc Report call: > >ods listing close; >options orientation=landscape nodate nonumber nobyline; >ods rtf body='C:\t_cm_all.rtf' style=styles.xx1; >ods escapechar '\'; > >proc report data=final1 center wrap nowd headline headskip spacing=1 NOFS >split='|' missing style(header)= [font_size=1]; > title1 j=L "&ptext" j=r 'Page \{pageof}'; > title5 'Table 1\{super 1}'; > title6 'Summary of Adverse Events by MedDRA SOC Term and Preferred Term'; > title7 f='Arial' h=8pt "All Treated Population"; > > column sortsoc sortpt socpt col1a; > define sortsoc /group order noprint; > define sortpt / group order noprint; > define socpt /display 'System Organ Class | Preferred Term' style=[just=L >cellwidth=120 font_size=1]; > define col1a /display order "All Treated Subjects | >(N=%sysfunc(strip(&p5)))" style=[just=L cellwidth=120 font_size=1]; > > *define col21 /display order style=[just=L cellwidth=120 font_size=1]; > *break after socpt/skip; > > > footnote1 J=L >'_________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________'; > footnote2 J=L 'Footnote 1'; >run; > >ods rtf close; >ods listing; > > >Thanks in advance for your help, >Sid