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pmpradhan
Quartz | Level 8

I imported a "|" delimited file using proc import. Import says it imported the file successfully. I checked the number of observation and looks good to me. However, the variable at the end of the dataset has ",". For e.g.:

 

VarA

Yes,

No,

1.2,

1,

3.5,

High,

 

if you could provide me a way to get rid of the "," at the end that would be great. 

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input VarA $10.;
cards;
Yes,
No,
1.2,
1,
3.5,
High,
;

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

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input VarA $10.;
cards;
Yes,
No,
1.2,
1,
3.5,
High,
;

data want;
set have;
substr(vara,length(VarA),1)=' ';
run;
pmpradhan
Quartz | Level 8

Thank you for speedy and simple solution! 🙂

Reeza
Super User

@pmpradhan wrote:

I imported a "|" delimited file using proc import. Import says it imported the file successfully. I checked the number of observation and looks good to me. However, the variable at the end of the dataset has ",". For e.g.:

 

VarA

Yes,

No,

1.2,

1,

3.5,

High,

 

if you could provide me a way to get rid of the "," at the end that would be great. 

 


PROC IMPORT guesses at what it does. It does not always guess successfully. Given that the data does not meet your requirements you're better off modifying your process to import the file cleanly in the first place. 

 

Usually you can get the code from the log and modify it. I noticed that you're posting in the DataFlux forum so I assume you're using DI studio? 

Ksharp
Super User
data have;
input VarA $10.;
want=prxchange('s/,+$//',1,strip(vara));
cards;
Yes,
No,
1.2,
1,
3.5,
High,
;
proc print noobs;run;


art297
Opal | Level 21

Unless you want to remove multiple commas at the end of each variable's value, I'd suggest a minor change to @Ksharp's suggested code:

data have;
  input VarA $10.;
  want=prxchange('s/,$//',1,strip(vara));
  cards;
Yes,,
No,
1.2,
1,
3.5,
High,
Other
;

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