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vraj1
Quartz | Level 8

I have a dataset and in that a variable called var. In that i need extract observations which has a word "SOMETH". It may be first  word or middle or last. Can you please explain me how to do it.

 

I tried var=:"SOMETH" but it only gives if the word comes first.

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vraj1
Quartz | Level 8

findw requires atleast 2 arguments but i only have one

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

@vraj1 wrote:

findw requires atleast 2 arguments but i only have one


Really?

You have

- a variable to search (var)

- a string to search for ('SOMETH')

So where's the problem?

 

data test;
var = 'This is a text with SOMETH in it';
result = findw(var,'SOMETH');
run;

proc print noobs; run;

Result:

              var                   result

This is a text with SOMETH in it      21  
ballardw
Super User

And if your value may sometimes have different case and you want to match "Someth", "someth" or even "someTH" as well as exactly "SOMETH" your comparison would need to consider case:

result = findw( upcase(var),'SOMETH')

 

Some actual concrete examples would help with input and desired result.

 

Note that your original search does not match "words".

See this example:

data example;
   informat str $15.;
   input str 1-15;
   if str =: 'SOMETH' then put "Found" Str=;
datalines;
SOMETH
SOMETHing
Someth ELSE
something 
;
run;

 

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
if index("SOMETH", var) > 0 then output;
Loko
Barite | Level 11

Hello,

 

Sql Solution:

 

data have;
set sashelp.class;
if mod(_n_,4)=1 then name_new=cats(name)||'SOMETHetc etc';
else if mod(_n_,4)=2 then name_new=cats(name)||'SOMETHetc';
else if mod(_n_,4)=3 then name_new=name||'SOMETH';
else name_new=name;
run;

proc sql;
select * from have
where name_new like '%SOMETH%';
quit;
SuryaKiran
Meteorite | Level 14

Use this function if your var has mixed case.

find(var,"SOMETH","i")

Thanks,
Suryakiran

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