Hi
I have data which have merchant names but mispelled texts. which is becoming hard while joining this table with other table on basis of merchant name. im trying to replace the text with first row in the group. if first 10 characters are same.
Data Have;
input merchant_name $20.;
cards;
future retail pvt. ltd.
future retail limited
future retail ltd
osborne corporation
osborne corp ltd
;
run;
desired output should be like
future retail pvt. ltd.
future retail pvt. ltd.
future retail pvt. ltd.
osborne corporation
osborne corporation
thanks
Like this?
data HAVE;
input MERCHANT_NAME $40.;
cards;
future retail pvt. ltd.
future retail limited
future retail ltd
osborne corporation
osborne corp ltd
run;
data WANT;
set HAVE;
length PREV $40;
retain PREV;
if MERCHANT_NAME =: substr(PREV,1,10) then MERCHANT_NAME=PREV;
else PREV=MERCHANT_NAME;
run;
MERCHANT_NAME |
---|
future retail pvt. ltd. |
future retail pvt. ltd. |
future retail pvt. ltd. |
osborne corporation |
osborne corporation |
Like this?
data HAVE;
input MERCHANT_NAME $40.;
cards;
future retail pvt. ltd.
future retail limited
future retail ltd
osborne corporation
osborne corp ltd
run;
data WANT;
set HAVE;
length PREV $40;
retain PREV;
if MERCHANT_NAME =: substr(PREV,1,10) then MERCHANT_NAME=PREV;
else PREV=MERCHANT_NAME;
run;
MERCHANT_NAME |
---|
future retail pvt. ltd. |
future retail pvt. ltd. |
future retail pvt. ltd. |
osborne corporation |
osborne corporation |
Thanks a ton Sir.
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