hi,
this is the data set
name:
Nicholas,KregFL
Reddy,RamanBT
Strehle,FlorainGE
Debergh,ChristopherFL
MY CODE IS :
Data First_name3;
set Starting_position;
First_name=SUBSTR(Name,Starting_postion,",");
Run;
i am not getting the first name from this code.
please help ?
how to create a new variable first name from name variable using SUBSTR function ?
Use the Scan function
hi,
what should be the code ?
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