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Smitha9
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi I want to delete the last digit and replace with 1

ID

000342

000562

001342

001452

000322

 

I want:

000341

000561

001341

001451

000321

 

thanks in advance.

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Seems extremely trivial.  Are you sure that is what you want to do?  Perhaps your real data is more complex?

data want;
  set have;
  substr(id,length(id))='1';
run;

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Seems extremely trivial.  Are you sure that is what you want to do?  Perhaps your real data is more complex?

data want;
  set have;
  substr(id,length(id))='1';
run;
ballardw
Super User

Assuming your variable is character this is one way:

 

data have;
  input id $;
datalines;
000342
000562
001342
001452
000322
;

data want;
   set have;
   id = cats(substr(id,1,length(id)-1),'1');
run;

@Smitha9 wrote:

Hi I want to delete the last digit and replace with 1

ID

000342

000562

001342

001452

000322

 

I want:

000341

000561

001341

001451

000321

 

thanks in advance.


 

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