Can I export rows of text to a .sas file WITHOUT quotation marks?

Hi,

I'm wrestling with making a tool to correct often used phrases in SAS code, and then creating a new SAS file with the corrections (or, ideally, overwriting the original). I can read the SAS file, paste it as a cell per row going down, and correct the phrases.

My problem is exporting the rows to a .sas file without adding quotations. This seems to be happening as I'm saving to a new file (so a search and replace beforehand, won't solve the problem).

I've used https://www.extendoffice.com/documen...a-to-text.html as a guide.

My export sub is:

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Which works fine for creating SAS file, but adds the quotation marks like so

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which should just be (there are quotation marks in the SAS code)

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I hope some of you can help me!
Cheers

Hi,
Try

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and check if output format suits your needs (you will probably get more spaces between cells)

another way to go is to use PRINT statement.

Just as a reference:

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You are welcome.
And thanks for marking thread as solved and for the reputation.