Dear,
I have a variable 'TPT' containing numbers and text. I need to create a numeric variable (TPTNUM) from numeric portion of TPT. Please help
TPT
0.5 hours
1 hour
1.5 hours
2 hours
2.5 hours
output needed;
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Thank you
If the number is the first part of the field:
TPTNUM = input(scan(TPT, 1, " "), best.);
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