topic keep everything to the right of the first hyphen in SAS Programming

topic keep everything to the right of the first hyphen in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/keep-everything-to-the-right-of-the-first-hyphen/m-p/425084#M104692 <P>Hi,</P> <P> </P> <P>how can I use scan or subtr to keep everything to the right of the first hyphen?</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>var_have</P> <P>2 - Some-what</P> <P>4 - Very much</P> <P> </P> <P>var_want</P> <P>Some-what</P> <P>Very much</P> <P> </P> <P>Thanks!</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:49:55 GMT jenim514 2018-01-04T22:49:55Z keep everything to the right of the first hyphen https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/keep-everything-to-the-right-of-the-first-hyphen/m-p/425084#M104692 <P>Hi,</P> <P> </P> <P>how can I use scan or subtr to keep everything to the right of the first hyphen?</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>var_have</P> <P>2 - Some-what</P> <P>4 - Very much</P> <P> </P> <P>var_want</P> <P>Some-what</P> <P>Very much</P> <P> </P> <P>Thanks!</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:49:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/keep-everything-to-the-right-of-the-first-hyphen/m-p/425084#M104692 jenim514 2018-01-04T22:49:55Z Re: keep everything to the right of the first hyphen https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/keep-everything-to-the-right-of-the-first-hyphen/m-p/425087#M104693 <P>Try</P><P><STRONG>want_var=substr(var, index(var,'-')+1);</STRONG></P> Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:53:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/keep-everything-to-the-right-of-the-first-hyphen/m-p/425087#M104693 novinosrin 2018-01-04T22:53:42Z