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leglucker
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, How can I split this text into multiple columns:

"TEST","N/A","Week One","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled"
"TEST","N/A","MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled"
"TEST","N/A","Week One","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled"
"TEST","N/A","Stop On Battery Mode, No Start On Batteries","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled"

 

The result in this example should be 7 columns 

TESTN/AWeek OneDisabledDisabledDisabledDisabled
TESTN/AMON, TUE, WED, THU, FRIDisabledDisabledDisabledDisabled
TESTN/AWeek OneDisabledDisabledDisabledDisabled
TESTN/AStop On Battery Mode, No Start On BatteriesDisabledDisabledDisabledDisabled

 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

So this text is in a single variable now? Or is this in a separate file?

leglucker
Calcite | Level 5
This text is in a sigle rows and 1 row looks like:
"TEST","N/A","Stop On Battery Mode, No Start On Batteries","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled","Disabled"
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

In a SAS data set, correct? Not an external file like csv?

leglucker
Calcite | Level 5

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 Sas Data looks like

 

leglucker
Calcite | Level 5
Data are from Win TaskSchedule
data have;
infile "schtasks /fo csv" pipe end=eof;
input ; var= _infile_;
run;
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Then you can do it right there:

data want;
infile "schtasks /fo csv" pipe dlm="," dsd end=eof;
input
  name :$10.
  var2 :$5.
  when :$40.
  var4 :$10.
  var5 :$10.
  var6 :$10.
  var7 :$10.
;
run;

Adapt variable names and formats as needed.

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