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JohnChen_TW
Quartz | Level 8

Hi, I am using SAS 9.3.

Does anyone have suggestions to resolve the following issue?

Now, I have one variable recorded as: Birthday Sex Height Weight

and the expected result is: Birthday, Sex, Height, Weight

 

JC

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Ksharp
Super User
data x;
x='Birthday Sex Height Weight';
y=prxchange('s/\s+/, /',-1,strip(x));
run;
proc print;run;

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gamotte
Rhodochrosite | Level 12
Hello,

if I understand correctly, you have a variable, say INFO that takes values such as "02/12 M 60 120" and you would like to have four distinct variables.
Then you can use the scan function

birthday=scan(INFO,1," ");
sex=scan(INFO,2," ");
...

Ksharp
Super User
data x;
x='Birthday Sex Height Weight';
y=prxchange('s/\s+/, /',-1,strip(x));
run;
proc print;run;
JohnChen_TW
Quartz | Level 8

It works. Thank for your help!

 

Is 's/\s+/,/' fixed?

Can I use PRXCHANGE in macro? Perhaps, %let a=%sysfunc(prxchange('s/\s+/,/',-1,strip(x))); ?

 

JC

 

Ksharp
Super User

Yes.I add a white blank after comma.

 

 %let x=sex weight height;
 %let a=%sysfunc(prxchange(%str(s/\s+/, /),-1,&x)); 
 
 %put &a ;

 

 

JohnChen_TW
Quartz | Level 8
It works!!!!
Thank you very much!!!!

JC

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