how do i read multiple spaces in datasets?
eg: vijaya raghava perumal.I tried with using & but it
workss if its vijaya raghava but not for raghava
perumal.how to do this?

Answer Posted / nani

Whenever SAS encounters a period after a macro variable
reference, the period is treated as a way to end the macro
variable and then the period is thrown away.

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