Date:         Mon, 10 Feb 1997 15:03:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Yen Wei <Wei.Yen@OFM.WA.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Yen Wei <Wei.Yen@OFM.WA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Help: Basic PUT statement
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Lei,
 
At the end of each variable name in the put statement, add "+(-1)".
 That should take care of the spaces.  So your statement should read:
 
PUT "*" VAR1 +(-1) "*,* *,*" VAR2 +(-1) "*,*" VAR3 +(-1) "*,*" .....
VAR100 +(-1) "*,* *";
 
HTH.
 
Wei Yen
State of Washington
Office of Financial Management
 
 
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From:  Lei Rao[SMTP:Lei.Rao@PAREXEL.COM]
Sent:  Monday, February 10, 1997 2:36 PM
To:  Multiple recipients of list SAS-L
Subject:  Help: Basic PUT statement
 
     Dear SAS-Ler,
 
     I need to create an ascii file from a sas dataset. The code I'm
using
     is:
 
     DATA _NULL_;
     SET A;
     FILE 'C:\OUT.DAT' NOPRINT LS=1024 LRECL=1024;
     PUT "*" VAR1 "*,* *,*" VAR2 "*,*" VAR3 "*,*" ..... VAR100 "*,* *";
     RUN;
 
     The problem is I'm getting a space after each varible. Is there
any
     option I can use to get rid of that space?
 
     TIA,
     Lei