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chirumalla
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

I have 50+ data sets having different lengths with date extension, I want to read only date part from data sets and store in a variable for time stamp.

pls advise me how to read date part from data set name.

TEST_201312.sas7bdat

TEST__MONTH_201312.sas7bdat

TEST__YEAR_201312.sas7bdat

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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

USE scan() with delimiter _.  and -2 as counter so extracting second last substring.

Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Please try the below code

data TEST_201312;

test=1;

run;

data TEST__MONTH_201312;

test=1;

run;

data TEST__YEAR_201312;

test=1;

run;

proc  sql;

  create table tab as select memname, cats(put(input(substr(left((compress(memname,,'kd'))),5,2),best.),monname3.),substr(left((compress(memname,,'kd'))),1,4)) as month_year  from dictionary.tables where upcase(memname) like "TEST%";

quit;

output:

Thanks,

Jag

Thanks,
Jag
data_null__
Jade | Level 19

Where do want the new variable to go?  You seem to imply you want the new variable in each data set.

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