![Three of My Favorite Programming Tips](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/10/71442.gif)
I often get asked for programming tips. Here, I share three of my favorite tips for beginners. Tip #1: COUNTC and CATS Functions Together The CATS function concatenates all of its arguments after it strips leading and trailing blanks. The COUNTC function counts characters. Together, they can let you operate