Hi all, i have one variable name 'empsal' in middle of dataset (have around 9000 variable and 'empsal' is there in between) and i wants to bring it as second or first variable/column,- how can i do that?
plz help
thanks.
Just add an ATTRIB statement before you read your dataset to make it first:
data new;
attrib empsal length = 8;
set old;
run;
If you want it second then add the variable you want first before empsal in the ATTRIB statement.
Just add an ATTRIB statement before you read your dataset to make it first:
data new;
attrib empsal length = 8;
set old;
run;
If you want it second then add the variable you want first before empsal in the ATTRIB statement.
worked prefectly - Thanks SASKIWI.
one quick q, i have 'empsal' variable as employee name and salary,
e,g;
empsal
harstein1 150000
lawson2 120000
kumar3 50000
i want to keep salary only (150000, 120000, 50000) and remove (harstein1, lawson2, kumar3).
result would be;
empsal
150000
120000
50000
can you plz tell me how code should look like?
Thanks!
If it's consistently always two words then you could do it this way:
empsal = scan(empsal,2);
However wouldn't it be better to store empsal as a number:
empsal_num = input(scan(empsal,2), best12.);
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