Dear experts,
in a DATA step I am using the substr function on a $10. formatted variable that contains numbers.The numbers begin with 5, however substr(variable,1,1) returns 6 :smileyalert:
How can I make it work?
Thank you,
Stefan
please post a few observations from your dataset.
Here u go! Like this? RT_Kusy RT_RespOrg substr_rt_kusy SG_WP 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_T_P 6 1 52102011 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_T_P_CV 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_I_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_I_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_T_P 6 1 52100011 BBO_I_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_I_P 6 1 50102008 BBO_T_P 6 1 52102007 BBO_T_P 6 1
You will have to show the code you are using to input the data and the code you are using to incorporate the substr function. It appears like you are only declaring four fields, but either have five fields or one that includes space separated data.
Ups, I just found my error myself, thx anyway!
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