mf_getquotedstr.sas File Reference

Adds custom quotes / delimiters to a delimited string. More...

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Detailed Description

Can be used in open code, eg as follows:

%put %mf_getquotedstr(blah   blah  blah);

which returns:

'blah','blah','blah'

Alternatively:

%put %mf_getquotedstr(these words are double quoted,quote=D)

for:

"these","words","are","double","quoted"

Parameters

[in]	in_str	The unquoted, spaced delimited string to transform
[in]	dlm=	(,) The delimeter to be applied to the output (default comma)
[in]	indlm=	( ) The delimeter used for the input (default is space)
[in]	quote=	(S) The quote mark to apply (S=Single, D=Double, N=None). If any other value than uppercase S or D is supplied, then that value will be used as the quoting character.

Returns

output returns a string with the newly quoted / delimited output.

Version

9.2

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mf_getquotedstr.sas.