Dear,
I have variable(value) whose values contain 'NCS' . I need to remove the string. Please help.
Thanks
value
"sentence of words NCS"
"sentence of words (NCS)"
"NCS , sentence of words"
"NCS sentence of words"
"NCS; sentence of words"
Look at TRANWRD function
You may try COMPRESS function too.
new_Value = compress(Value, 'NCS',' ');
You have comma, semicolon, '(' and ')'.
These also can be compressed into blanks or none.
You didn't post then output yet. data have; input value $quote40.; cards4; "sentence of words NCS" "sentence of words (NCS)" "NCS , sentence of words" "NCS sentence of words" "NCS; sentence of words" ;;;; run; data want; set have; new_value=prxchange('s/\bNCS\b//i',-1,value); run;
Hi
Thanks for the help. It worked, but removed only 'NCS' characters only.
output;
"sentence of words " "sentence of words ()" " , sentence of words" " sentence of words" "; sentence of words"
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