https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/finding-numeric-values-in-a-character-string/m-p/74200#M7368 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> A='A1B2N3M4L5';<BR /> <BR /> THE OUTPUT SHOULD BE =12345<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> I have variable A which contains a string. how can i get numeric values from that string.? Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:29:13 GMT deleted_user 2009-02-17T06:29:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/finding-numeric-values-in-a-character-string/m-p/74200#M7368 Hi,<BR /> <BR /> A='A1B2N3M4L5';<BR /> <BR /> THE OUTPUT SHOULD BE =12345<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> I have variable A which contains a string. how can i get numeric values from that string.? Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:29:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/finding-numeric-values-in-a-character-string/m-p/74200#M7368 deleted_user 2009-02-17T06:29:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/finding-numeric-values-in-a-character-string/m-p/74201#M7369 b=compress(x,'0123456789','k');<BR /> or<BR /> b=compress(x,'dk'); Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:12:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/finding-numeric-values-in-a-character-string/m-p/74201#M7369 GertNissen 2009-02-17T07:12:00Z