tok: Proc Options(main); declare s character (100) initial ('Hello,How,Are,You,Today'); declare n fixed binary (31); n = tally(s, ',')+1; begin; declare table(n) character (50) varying; declare c character (1); declare (i, k) fixed binary (31); table = ''; k = 1; do i = 1 to length(s); c = substr(s, i, 1); if c = ',' then k = k + 1; else table(k) = table(k) || c; end; /* display the table */ table = table || '.'; put skip list (string(table)); end; end;