topic I am trying to get name starting with letter R and ending with A in SAS Programming

I am trying to get name starting with letter R and ending with A

Kritha — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 18:24:20 GMT

Trying to use where statement Like 'R%' but how to get ending with letter A?

PGStats — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:34:15 GMT

where prxMatch("/^R.*A$/i", myVariable) > 0;

Riteshdell — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 20:14:38 GMT

Use variable_name LIKE 'R%A';

Below I am creating a dataset which data consist start with R and end with A.

Code to create sample data set "

data demo;
input name $;
datalines;
RITA
SITA
NITA
RASHNA
KAVITA
;
RUN;

code to search letter start with R and end with A.

PROC PRINT DATA =DEMO;
WHERE NAME LIKE 'R%A';
RUN;

Kritha — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 21:46:35 GMT

Thankyou very much for your reply