Any chance that some preceding command is missing a command terminator? Your syntax works fine for me:
data list free /q2 q3_1 (2a10).
begin data
abc def
end data.
STRING CRS3(A20).
COMPUTE CRS3=CONCAT(RTRIM(Q2), RTRIM(Q3_1)).
list.
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Subject: Problem with Concat
Listers;
I am trying to run the following syntax:
STRING CRS3(A20).
COMPUTE CRS3=CONCAT(RTRIM(Q2), RTRIM(Q3_1)).
However, I get the following error message:
>Error # 4311 in column 29. Text: )
>The string argument required for the function specified was not
supplied.
>This command not executed.
Any help in letting me know what I am doing wrong would be greatly
appreciated.
Jerry Weinberg, Ph.D
Director, Office of Institutional Research
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St. Thomas University
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(305) 474-6886
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