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sivastat08
Pyrite | Level 9


Hi I want after the last Last delimiter text should be extract and replaced _ with Space delimiter in sas 

 

data ddd;
format Have $50. Want$50.;
Have="\core\event\user_login_failed";
Want=(substr(Have,1,index(Have,"\")+(lengthn("\")-1)));
run;

 

Have="\core\event\user_login_failed";
Want=user_login_failed

replaced instead of user login failed


Thanks,

Siva

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Tom
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Hi I want after the last Last delimiter text should be extract and replaced _ with Space delimiter in sas 

Assuming that you mean you want to take the last "word" from a delimited string then use the SCAN() function.

To replace characters use the TRANSLATE() function.

want=translate(scan(have,-1,'\'),' ','_');

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Hi I want after the last Last delimiter text should be extract and replaced _ with Space delimiter in sas 

Assuming that you mean you want to take the last "word" from a delimited string then use the SCAN() function.

To replace characters use the TRANSLATE() function.

want=translate(scan(have,-1,'\'),' ','_');
sivastat08
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you very much Tom!

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