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knveraraju91
Barite | Level 11

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

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

If the number is the first part of the field:

 

TPTNUM = input(scan(TPT, 1, " "), best.);

PG

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