Hello,
From the below character_variable I only want to pick the ones with 5 digits:
I want to eliminate the rest. Do I use Substring??
CODE_VARIABLE
10351
101
11223040
32421
10449900
Length() function returns the length of a string.
Length() function returns the length of a string.
data Want;
input Code_Variable $;
if length(Code_Variable) eq 5;
cards;
10351
101
11223040
32421
10449900
;
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