I am pulling comments that end with a date in the following format MM/DD/YYY and I'm trying to pull the dates to create a separate date column. I tried multiple formulas and I'm still not getting an output.
For example:
From the comments below, I am trying to pullout the dates:
- 10 Cans of Soda Safeway 05/10/2015
- 3 pounds of Salmon Whole Foods 06/17/2017
One of the formulas I used is the following:
- SUBSTR(RIGHT(INPUT(t1.CommentsPrinted,32.)), 10.)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
CJ
To create a character date, you might try:
scan(t1.CommentsPrinted, -1, ' ')
To create a character date, you might try:
scan(t1.CommentsPrinted, -1, ' ')
Use the SCAN function with a negative index to get the rightmost text and then use the INPUT function with the proper informat to convert the char value to a SAS date value.
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