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Walternate
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

I have a variable listing book titles and I'd like to identify which titles have the word "End" in them. The word can be at different positions in the title so I'm not sure which command to use.

Thanks!


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VD
Calcite | Level 5 VD
Calcite | Level 5

Assuming that your title variable is BookTitleVar:

proc sql;

  create table want as

  select  BookTitleVar

  from have

  where upcase(BookTitleVar) like '%END%';

quit;

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DBailey
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

index(title,'END')

data_null__
Jade | Level 19

The OP mentioned word end not string.  I would think indexW.

Astounding
PROC Star

Building upon what has already been suggested:

search_result = indexW(upcase(title), 'END');

SEARCH_RESULT will be 0 when END is not found, and > 0 when it is found.

Good luck.

data_null__
Jade | Level 19

OR maybe FINDW with option to ignore case.  So may choices. :smileyshocked:

AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

I think :

found = (prxmatch('m/end/i', title) > 0); * the 'i' allows for both lower or upper case, it tells SAS that the match is case insensitive;

Good luck!

Anca.

Data_Detective_23219
Calcite | Level 5

indexW would be my choice coupled with the upcase function in order to remedy any upper/lower case variations of the word end.

VD
Calcite | Level 5 VD
Calcite | Level 5

Assuming that your title variable is BookTitleVar:

proc sql;

  create table want as

  select  BookTitleVar

  from have

  where upcase(BookTitleVar) like '%END%';

quit;

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