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 / chandu

We cant create SAS Dataset name with Spaces. Spaces wont be
allowed in the SAS naming convention.

If Raw data is having Spaces, we need to use Period Input
Style.

Other-wise please give some information for this question
to understand well.

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