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cody_q
Calcite | Level 5

Hey all

I have a question to do with delimiting . Here are some examples :

when?

prizes!

(age)

end.

;house}|+

*note

hh`GG1

Basically, just to remove all symbols and to leave them as clean dictionary words .

Is there a macro to do this ? Because our data runs in thousands

Thank you

YL

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shivas
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi,

Try this..Hope it helps..

data have;

input dict $ 20.;

new=compress(dict,,'ka');

cards4;

when?

prizes!

(age)

end.

;house}|+

*note

hh`GG1

;;;;

run;

Thanks,

Shiva

cody_q
Calcite | Level 5

Hi Shiva,

could you explain what is the usage of new=compress(dict,,'ka'); AND ;;;; ??

Thank you.

cody_q
Calcite | Level 5

Hi Shiva,

It worked !
THANKS ALOT !!!!

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