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MikeBurton
Calcite | Level 5

I have a string variable that contains numeric values and alphanumeric values. For instance:

var1

123

B23

3244

V190

 

I want:

var1  var2

123   .

.         B23

3244 .

.         V190

 

is there anyway to do this in SAS?

 

 

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Miracle
Barite | Level 11

something like this? 

data have;
input var1 $ @@;
datalines;
123 B23 3244 V190
;
run;
data want; 
	set have;
	if anyalpha(var1)>0 then do; var2=var1; call missing(var1); end;
run;
proc print data=want noobs; run;

MikeBurton
Calcite | Level 5

Thanks Wong,

This code worked for what I wanted.

 

Patrick
Opal | Level 21

@MikeBurton

Then please mark the question as answered.

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Is the letter always the first character of the string?

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