Using SAS V8, how can I parse a character string into several smaller fields based on a delimeter character of '*' or '~'?
data have;
infile cards dsd;
length name $50.;
format name $char50.;
input name;
cards;
name1*name2*name3~name4
;
run;
data want;
set have;
name1=scan(name,1,'*~');
name2=scan(name,2,'*~');
name3=scan(name,3,'*~');
name4=scan(name,4,'*~');
run;
data have;
infile cards dsd;
length name $50.;
format name $char50.;
input name;
cards;
name1*name2*name3~name4
;
run;
data want;
set have;
name1=scan(name,1,'*~');
name2=scan(name,2,'*~');
name3=scan(name,3,'*~');
name4=scan(name,4,'*~');
run;
Thank you very much for the quick response!!!
Hi Cherric ,
I have a another automated way which you can try, here you dont have to type name if the string have 1000 names. .
data all;
drop string;
string = ' name1*name2*name3~name4*name5~name6 ';
do until(word=' ');
count+1;
word = scan(string, count,'*~');
output;
end;
run;
if you want it in horizontal way you can transpose the same
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