https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Reg-particulaar-Obs/m-p/53992#M14957 Hi i am having some observations i want all the 3character and 2numeric continuos obs<BR /> <BR /> Name <BR /> My id no is ERT33<BR /> no policy<BR /> ERJ45 my poicy runs\<BR /> Existing id POU89 | LOP90<BR /> good number LUI90 and ENU90<BR /> the no is UI789<BR /> the no is PKA67<BR /> <BR /> In this i wnat the names that start with three character and two numerics moved to out variable<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Name | out<BR /> My id no is ERT33| ERT33<BR /> no policy|<BR /> ERJ45 my poicy runs|<BR /> Existing id POU89 | LOP90| POU89 | LOP90<BR /> good number LUI90 and ENU90| LUI90 and ENU90<BR /> the no is UI789|<BR /> the no is PKA67| PKA67 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:57:56 GMT deleted_user 2009-07-14T04:57:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Reg-particulaar-Obs/m-p/53992#M14957 Hi i am having some observations i want all the 3character and 2numeric continuos obs<BR /> <BR /> Name <BR /> My id no is ERT33<BR /> no policy<BR /> ERJ45 my poicy runs\<BR /> Existing id POU89 | LOP90<BR /> good number LUI90 and ENU90<BR /> the no is UI789<BR /> the no is PKA67<BR /> <BR /> In this i wnat the names that start with three character and two numerics moved to out variable<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Name | out<BR /> My id no is ERT33| ERT33<BR /> no policy|<BR /> ERJ45 my poicy runs|<BR /> Existing id POU89 | LOP90| POU89 | LOP90<BR /> good number LUI90 and ENU90| LUI90 and ENU90<BR /> the no is UI789|<BR /> the no is PKA67| PKA67 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:57:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Reg-particulaar-Obs/m-p/53992#M14957 deleted_user 2009-07-14T04:57:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Reg-particulaar-Obs/m-p/53993#M14958 Using a DATA step, you can parse each input record and use the ANYDIGIT and ANYALPHA functions along with SUBSTR. Also, the LENGTH function can be used to get the actual length of the input buffer (SAS special variable _INFILE_) for a DO/END loop for parsing the input.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:37:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Reg-particulaar-Obs/m-p/53993#M14958 sbb 2009-07-14T13:37:36Z