topic Re: Determining if 3rd character is a letter or number? in SAS Programming

Determining if 3rd character is a letter or number?

That____Redhead — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:21:17 GMT

Hey all,

I can't seem to find a quick way of doing this. I have a string variable, and if the 3rd character is a number, it is indicative of a business, if it is a letter it is an individual. What is the easiest way to determine this?

I have tried marker = (substr(var,3,1) IN(0:9)); but then when it's text, it gives errors.

Thanks!

Re: Determining if 3rd character is a letter or number?

Haikuo — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:40:55 GMT

Try this:

data have;

input string$ @@;

cards;

adsflk ad2eif ad0euh

;

data want;

set have;

Digiornot=anydigit(substr(string,3,1));

put '1-Digit 0-None Digit' digiornot=;

run;

Haikuo

Re: Determining if 3rd character is a letter or number?

That____Redhead — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 02:00:17 GMT

Thanks!