*(Q) My string variable has a variable number of 4 character items separated by '/' * for instance C206/E210/F210 contains C206 E210 and F210. * How can I asssign each of these elements to a different variable? (A) by Raynald Levesque 2002/04/30. DATA LIST LIST /a(A70). BEGIN DATA C206/E210/F210 E206/P206/F210/G210/X210 END DATA. LIST. VECTOR B(7A4). DO REPEAT v=b1 TO b5 /b=1 6 11 16 21 /e=4 9 14 19 24. COMPUTE v=SUBSTR(a,b,e). END REPEAT PRINT. EXECUTE.