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vandhan
Fluorite | Level 6

Data have;

var1 var2

1 read

2 write

3 sing

4 dance

 

I want to load count of vowels from var2 to macro variable.

 

like for read - 2 vowels (o and e)

write - 2 (i and e)

goes on...

help me how to count vowels from a string.

 

Thanks

 

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Edit: I add the i modifier also to avoid casing issues - even though your test data didn't show upper case.

Use compress with the keep option and lengthn:

data want;
  set have;
  num_vowels=lengthn(compress(yourvariable,"aeiou","ki"));
run;

 

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Edit: I add the i modifier also to avoid casing issues - even though your test data didn't show upper case.

Use compress with the keep option and lengthn:

data want;
  set have;
  num_vowels=lengthn(compress(yourvariable,"aeiou","ki"));
run;

 

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