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gzr2mz39
Quartz | Level 8

How do I exclude numbers from an observation?

For example, I want "Brown, Jack" instead of "Brown, Jack 01".

Thank you.

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art297
Opal | Level 21

You'll have to provide an example with data and code where that happens.  It doesn't happen in the following test:

data have;

  length name $30;

  input;

  name=_infile_;

  cards;

Smith,     John 12

Jones,   John 12

Smith, Mary 14

Howard, Wilburt 3rd 19

;

data want;

  set have;

  name=compress(name,,'d');

run;

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Peter_C
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

have a look at the modifiers for the compress() function

gzr2mz39
Quartz | Level 8

The modifier 'ak' removes the numbers, but I lose the comma.

If I use 'd' I lose all spaces.

How do I keep spaces and commas?

Thank you.

art297
Opal | Level 21

Don't use the k modifier.  Only use the d modifier.  That way you will drop all of the digits.

gzr2mz39
Quartz | Level 8

If I use this  compress(reported_by,'','d')

then I lose spaces as well as digits.

art297
Opal | Level 21

You'll have to provide an example with data and code where that happens.  It doesn't happen in the following test:

data have;

  length name $30;

  input;

  name=_infile_;

  cards;

Smith,     John 12

Jones,   John 12

Smith, Mary 14

Howard, Wilburt 3rd 19

;

data want;

  set have;

  name=compress(name,,'d');

run;

gzr2mz39
Quartz | Level 8

I changed compress(reported_by,'','d') to compress(reported_by,,'d'). Thank you.

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