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sas_learnsups
Obsidian | Level 7

 

I have a variable with values as follows:

med_qty

100ml

2*96

2*100g

 

I want to make the above data into :

 

 dose    dosage      qty  

 100                        ml

   96         2    

 100          2            g

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Here is one way:

 

data want (drop=med_qty);
  set have;
  if anyalpha(med_qty) then do;
   qty=substr(med_qty,anyalpha(med_qty));
   med_qty=substr(med_qty,1,anyalpha(med_qty)-1);
  end;
  dose=input(scan(med_qty,1,'*'),8.);
  dosage=input(scan(med_qty,2,'*'),8.);
run;

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Here is one way:

 

data want (drop=med_qty);
  set have;
  if anyalpha(med_qty) then do;
   qty=substr(med_qty,anyalpha(med_qty));
   med_qty=substr(med_qty,1,anyalpha(med_qty)-1);
  end;
  dose=input(scan(med_qty,1,'*'),8.);
  dosage=input(scan(med_qty,2,'*'),8.);
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input  med_qty $20.;
datalines;
100ml
2*96
2*100g
;

data want;
set have;
if index( med_qty, '*')>0 then do;
dose=compress(scan(med_qty,2,'*'),,'kd');
dosage=scan(med_qty,1,'*');
qty=compress(med_qty,'*','d');
end;
else do;
dose=compress(med_qty,,'kd');
qty=compress(med_qty,'*','d');
end;
run;

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