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Cyclist
Calcite | Level 5

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").

 

 

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Ksharp
Super User
data _null_;
input x $20.;
want=scan(x,1,,'kd');
put x= want=;
cards;
32/2/1 
Top 211
;
run;
Cyclist
Calcite | Level 5

Since I am new to SAS, can you tell me how to use your expression and how to integrate it into my data job?

Ksharp
Super User
Are you using DI , BI , EG ? Create a new program and run this code .
Cyclist
Calcite | Level 5

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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