if substr(icd, 1,3) in ( '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9') then num ="Y";else num ="N";
my code does not work
any ideas on how to modify?
Thanks
Have you run PROC CONTENTS?
I haven't used it, but perhaps NOTDIGT() is a possibility:
184 data _null_; 185 input text $; 186 if notdigit(trim(text))=0 then num="Y"; 187 else num="N"; 188 put (text num)(=); 189 cards; text=hello num=N text=123 num=Y text=1 num=Y text=4,321 num=N text=1.5 num=N text=m1m num=N 196 ; 197 run;
I think that should work, nof by numeric you mean contains only numbers. As shown above, characters such as comma or decimal point are considered non-numeric.
Kind Regards,
--Q.
Clearly, this code will rarely work. It examines the first three characters in your variable to specifically see if the first character is a digit and the second and third characters are both blanks. I doubt that is what you wanted to accomplish.
What did you want to accomplish? You will have to explain it in words, rather than show code that doesn't work.
you are right, i found this problem and fixed it thanks
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