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DEQUOTE

DEQUOTE


Removes quotation marks from a character value

Category: Character

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples

Syntax

DEQUOTE(argument)

Arguments

argument
specifies a character value.

Details

The DEQUOTE function removes single or double quotation marks from a character value. SAS also reduces any multiple quotation marks within the character-expression.

Examples

SAS Statements Results 
x="A'B";
y=dequote(x);
put y;
 
 

A'B
 
x="A""B";
y=dequote(x);
put y;
 
 

A"B
 
x='A''B';
y=dequote(x);
put y;
 
 

A'B


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