https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726687#M225834 <P>Show us your code please.</P> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:08:56 GMT PeterClemmensen 2021-03-16T10:08:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726668#M225828 Some of the words in my string contain numbers as well as letters, for example '24th Dobson street'.<BR />If I am applying Scan function to this string then it gives the error<BR />&lt;Syntax error, expecting one of the following..&gt; .<BR />Is there any way to tackle this? Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:51:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726668#M225828 Shradha1 2021-03-16T09:51:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726687#M225834 <P>Show us your code please.</P> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:08:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726687#M225834 PeterClemmensen 2021-03-16T10:08:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726701#M225848 <P>Please copy/paste the <EM>whole</EM> log of the failing step into a window opened with this button:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Bildschirmfoto 2020-04-07 um 08.32.59.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/54552i914D97BE1B0F21E5/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Bildschirmfoto 2020-04-07 um 08.32.59.jpg" alt="Bildschirmfoto 2020-04-07 um 08.32.59.jpg" /></span></P> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:37:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Scan-function-if-the-string-contains-numerics-also/m-p/726701#M225848 Kurt_Bremser 2021-03-16T10:37:00Z