Hi Everyone,
I want to delete all columns that have name with string "ID" in it.
My data is like that
data have;
input abIc ID1 bxI4D b_ID2 xyzID_3;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5
;run;
So I only keep abIc and bxI4D.
Thank you for your help.
HC
data have;
input abIc ID1 bxI4D b_ID2 xyzID_3;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5
;run;
proc sql;
select name into :drop_list separated by ','
from sashelp.vcolumn
where libname="WORK" and memname="HAVE" and index(name,'ID')>0;
quit;
%put &drop_list;
proc sql;
alter table have
drop &drop_list;
quit;
Not easily but you can build a list of variables from either PROC CONTENTS or SASHELP.VCOLUMN which has the list of variables.
Then include those in your DROP statement.
data have;
input abIc ID1 bxI4D b_ID2 xyzID_3;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5
;run;
proc sql;
select name into :drop_list separated by ' '
from sashelp.vcolumn
where libname="WORK" and memname="HAVE" and index(name,'ID')>0;
quit;
%put &drop_list;
data have;
set have;
drop &drop_list;
run;
data have;
input abIc ID1 bxI4D b_ID2 xyzID_3;
cards;
1 2 3 4 5
;run;
proc sql;
select name into :drop_list separated by ','
from sashelp.vcolumn
where libname="WORK" and memname="HAVE" and index(name,'ID')>0;
quit;
%put &drop_list;
proc sql;
alter table have
drop &drop_list;
quit;
Thanks a lot.
HHC
So weird!
SAS only take all letter in CAP to run that code.
Here is the log:
3291 proc sql;
3292 select name into :drop_list separated by ','
3293 from sashelp.vcolumn
3294 where libname="WORK" and memname="myfile" and index(name,'ID')>0;
NOTE: No rows were selected.
3295 quit;
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.03 seconds
cpu time 0.03 seconds
3296
3297 proc sql;
3298 select name into :drop_list separated by ','
3299 from sashelp.vcolumn
3300 where libname="WORK" and memname="MYFILE" and index(name,'ID')>0;
3301 quit;
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.03 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
memname is always stored as UPCASE in metadata
@novinosrin: Maybe that's true for Windows, but not for all operating systems. That's why I suggested the find function using the 'i' modifier.
Oops! Just read your post more carefully! Yes, libname and memname have to be in upper case. However, the variable names are case sensitive on some operating systems.
Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com
Same solution as @novinosrin but, if case is irrelevant, I'd suggest using FIND function rather than INDEX function.
data have; input abIc id1 bxI4D b_ID2 xyzID_3; cards; 1 2 3 4 5 ;run; proc sql noprint; select name into :drop_list separated by ' ' from sashelp.vcolumn where libname="WORK" and memname="HAVE" and find(name,'ID','i'); quit; data want; set have; drop &drop_list; run;
Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com
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