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vraj1
Quartz | Level 8

I have below text data

"If  IsEqualTo Inclusion 1 then... set datapoint value for ILIST in Inclusion Criteria to LIST #1 - The subject is a boy or girl, aged ≥7 and <12years (patients who turn 12 years during the study will be allowed to continue in the game)., and execute the ""Return True"" custom function".

 

In this text i need to extract "The subject is a boy or girl, aged ≥7 and <12years (patients who turn 12 years during the study will be allowed to continue in the game)"  i.e whenever it starts with "-" and ends with ".," then i need the text in between.

 

Any help

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

If your logic is acurate then that is simple:

/* Gets all text from - */
inter=substr(have,index(have,"-"));
/* gets all text up to . */
want=substr(inter,1,index(inter,"."));

Assumes both are present etc.

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

If your logic is acurate then that is simple:

/* Gets all text from - */
inter=substr(have,index(have,"-"));
/* gets all text up to . */
want=substr(inter,1,index(inter,"."));

Assumes both are present etc.

Clash
Obsidian | Level 7

HI!

 

If your text is in a variable called "text", then this would work --> 

want = scan(scan(text,2,'-'),1,'.') ;

 

Best regards,

 

Claes

gamotte
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Hello,

 

A solution with a regexp :

data have;
    string='If  IsEqualTo Inclusion 1 then... set datapoint value for ILIST in Inclusion Criteria to LIST #1 - The subject is a boy or girl, aged ≥7 and <12years (patients who turn 12 years during the study will be allowed to continue in the game)., and execute the ""Return True"" custom function';
    extract=prxchange("s/.*-(.*)\..*/$1/",1,string);
run;

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