I am trying to filter out records with the word "PAY" in the description but I want to filter out words containing PAY.
So for example if the description says
JOHN SMITH WEEKLY PAY
Then I wish to include this record as the word PAY is by itself. However if the Description is in the form of
PAYPAL , BPAY, PAYED
or any characters or words that start, has pay in the middle or ends with pay, then I wish to exclude the record.
Is there anyway to be able to do this?
Try this.
data want;
set have;
if findw(name,'PAY')>0 then output;
run;
OR perl regular expression :
if prxmatch('/\bPAY\b /',name) ;
Available on demand!
Missed SAS Innovate Las Vegas? Watch all the action for free! View the keynotes, general sessions and 22 breakouts on demand.
What’s the difference between SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Studio? How are they similar? Just ask SAS’ Danny Modlin.
Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.