I have a column "House number" which besides numbers contains also something like this "32/2/1" or "Top 211".
The column is defined as TEXT.
My question is: how can I extract only first number from the string such as ""32/2/1"?
(the expression needs to correctly extract the number when only a number stands in the field such as "32").
data _null_;
input x $20.;
want=scan(x,1,,'kd');
put x= want=;
cards;
32/2/1
Top 211
;
run;
Since I am new to SAS, can you tell me how to use your expression and how to integrate it into my data job?
I am using Data Management Studio 2.7.
Please have a look at my other post which is connected to this question:
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Extracting-Street-House-Number-and-Door-Number/m-...
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