Hi,
I have a datset which has 5digit numbers that ends with 2 or 4. I want to delete the entire row if the last digit is 4.
example:
ID Sample
1 00012
2 00034
3 00032
4 00124
5 00432
I want to delete the row which has the last digit 4. In the above example, I want to delete 00034 and 00124.
Can I do this in SAS to remove if the 5th digit is 4.
thanks in advance.
If Sample is character then this should do it:
data Want; set Have; if substr(Sample,5,1) = '4' then delete; run;
Or like this :
data have; input ID Sample $; cards; 1 00012 2 00034 3 00032 4 00124 5 00432 ; run; data want; set have; where reverse(strip(Sample)) NOT =: '4'; run; /* end of program */
Koen
If the variable in numeric, you would use the MOD function
if mod(sample,10)=4 then delete;
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