Math Forum / Math Software / SAS / October 2008

Dear all,

I'm trying to input a matrix using Text pad and need convert the
entered values into a string. For example:

Let the user enter following text into the text pad:

21 12 10 8 8,
12 27 17 15 14,
10 17 35 23 21,
8 15 23 35 25,
8 14 21 25 36

and I want to use the entry as one macro parameter, i.e. same as using:

%let  STR     = "21 12 10 8 8, 12 27 17 15 14, 10 17 35 23 21, 8 15 23
35 25, 8 14 21 25 36" ;

I know the Text pad return a SCL list and I need somehow convert this
list to a string but can't figure out how.
This is my first SAS/AF project, please help!

Thanks.

Bin