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rakeshvvv
Quartz | Level 8

Hi

I would like to pull out the first 8 digits to the left of the number........the numbers marked in yellow should be discarded.....

295999335

295999333

295999336

295999337

Thanks

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Ksharp
Super User

This variable is character or numeric ?Assuming it is character.

data have;

set have;

length want $ 8;

want=variable;

run;

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Ksharp
Super User

This variable is character or numeric ?Assuming it is character.

data have;

set have;

length want $ 8;

want=variable;

run;

rakeshvvv
Quartz | Level 8

Thanks...Can you suggest a solution if the variable is Numeric....

stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

For numeric you can try something like this

data want;

set have;

want=int(variable/10);

run;

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