* How to remove a period from a string. * Posted to SPSSX-L list by Raynald Levesque 2003/11/24. DATA LIST LIST /a (A8). BEGIN DATA E801.2 V16.41 Z.1265 Z1.1265 END DATA. * next code assumes period is not in first nor in last position of string. STRING ecode_1(A8). COMPUTE #idx=INDEX(a,'.'). COMPUTE ecode_1 = CONCAT(RTRIM(SUBSTR(a,1,#idx-1)),SUBSTR(a,#idx+1)). EXECUTE.