find and replace observation

dpa — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:21:30 GMT

I have variable values like

data test;

input spool $;

15'

13\

16j

;

run;

so I want to select observation with special character before digit and after digit one and replace them with only digit so remove special character.

so out put will be like

Thanks

Re: find and replace observation

data_null__ — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:28:16 GMT

spool2 = compress(spool,,'DK');