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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Dear Expert,

 

Could you please help me concatenate every nth word with a symbol.

 

Consider that i have a string data like below

 

"having a common variable to merge by ensures that the"

 

the expected output should be

 

"having a common * variable to merge * by ensures that * the"

 

So after every 3rd word i have to place the symbol(*). like above.

 

Could you please suggest a solution.

 

Thanks,

Jag

Thanks,
Jag
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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Put the CATx functions to good use:

 

data test;
length subStr outStr $200;
inStr = "having a common variable to merge by ensures that the";
do i = 1 by 3 until(Missing(subStr));
    subStr = catx(" ", scan(inStr,i), scan(inStr,i+1), scan(inStr,i+2));
    outStr = catx(" * ", outStr, subStr);
    end;
drop subStr i;
run;

proc print data=test noobs; run;
PG

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Put the CATx functions to good use:

 

data test;
length subStr outStr $200;
inStr = "having a common variable to merge by ensures that the";
do i = 1 by 3 until(Missing(subStr));
    subStr = catx(" ", scan(inStr,i), scan(inStr,i+1), scan(inStr,i+2));
    outStr = catx(" * ", outStr, subStr);
    end;
drop subStr i;
run;

proc print data=test noobs; run;
PG
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
Thank you so much PG , it worked
Thanks,
Jag
Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

Here is another way:

 

data test;
length outStr $200;
inStr = "having a common variable to merge by ensures that the";
outstr=prxchange('s/((\w+ ){3})/$1* /', -1, instr);
run;

This is to tell SAS adding * right after the 3rd word, in a literal sense. 

Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
Thank you Haikuo it was wonderful.
Thanks,
Jag

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