Hi, Do we have any option that can be used in merge statement to match result without checking if value is in lower or upper case. ex:- Bob in one dataset (test1) should match with bob (test2) in another dataset without making any chnage in original dataset (upcase or lowercase).
Data test;
merge test1 test2;
by name;
run;
We can change to upper or lower case in test1 and test2 by upcase or lowercase but just want to know if there is any oprtion can be used that ignore case sensitive while match merge.
Thanks
Not directly, you can do it in SQL:
proc sql; create table TEST as select A.NAME as TEST1, B.NAME as TEST2 from TEST1 A full join TEST2 B on upcase(A.NAME)=upcase(B.NAME); quit;
Otrherwise, yes, create an upcase or lowcase of each and merge by that.
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