https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Doubts/m-p/514339#M138695 Eg.<BR />1. First Name = Aravind Last Name = Kumar<BR />2. First Name = Aravind Middle Name = AR Last Name = Kumar<BR />How to find that 1st Name doesn't have Middle Name?<BR />Any solutions! Mon, 19 Nov 2018 05:16:45 GMT 270992 2018-11-19T05:16:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Doubts/m-p/514339#M138695 Eg.<BR />1. First Name = Aravind Last Name = Kumar<BR />2. First Name = Aravind Middle Name = AR Last Name = Kumar<BR />How to find that 1st Name doesn't have Middle Name?<BR />Any solutions! Mon, 19 Nov 2018 05:16:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Doubts/m-p/514339#M138695 270992 2018-11-19T05:16:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Doubts/m-p/514341#M138697 <P>Depending on your input format -&nbsp;</P> <P>either check number of wards using countw() and scan() functions</P> <P>or check prefix/tag name like in xml format.</P> Mon, 19 Nov 2018 05:36:20 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Doubts/m-p/514341#M138697 Shmuel 2018-11-19T05:36:20Z