i want to create a group which has A B C D in the last letter of word as one group and E, F, G H as other group in a variable
var2
DRA-04U-A
DRA-099Y-B
DRd-989-E
in this case i want to create a new variable which has A,B in one group and E in another group and so on
Hello,
if the last letter in your var variable determines the group then you can get it like this:
data have;
infile datalines;
input var2 $50.;
datalines;
DRA-04U-A
DRA-099Y-B
DRd-989-E
;
data want;
set have;
group=scan(var2,-1,"-");
run;
Hello,
if the last letter in your var variable determines the group then you can get it like this:
data have;
infile datalines;
input var2 $50.;
datalines;
DRA-04U-A
DRA-099Y-B
DRd-989-E
;
data want;
set have;
group=scan(var2,-1,"-");
run;
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