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RIGHT


Right aligns a character expression

Category: Character

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

RIGHT(argument)

Arguments

argument
specifies any SAS character expression.

Details

The RIGHT function returns an argument with trailing blanks moved to the start of the value. The argument's length does not change.

Examples

SAS Statements Results 

----+----1----+
 
a='Due Date  ';
b=right(a);
put a $10.;
put b $10.;
 
 

Due Date
  Due Date

See Also

Functions:
COMPRESS
LEFT
TRIM


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