QUOTE

QUOTE

Adds double quotation marks to a character value

Category: Character

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples

Syntax

QUOTE(argument)

Arguments

argument: is a character value.

Details

The QUOTE function adds double quotation marks, the default character, to a character value. If double quotation marks are found within the argument, they are doubled in the output.

Examples

SAS Statements Results

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

"A""B"

x='A''B'; y=quote(x); put y;

"A'B"

x='Paul''s'; y=quote(x); put y;

"Paul's"

SAS Statements	Results
x='A"B'; y=quote(x); put y;	"A""B"
x='A''B'; y=quote(x); put y;	"A'B"
x='Paul''s'; y=quote(x); put y;	"Paul's"

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