Dear all,
How to pick up a symbol or/and number in a paragraph? for example, how to extract "#" or "678" or "# 678" from the following data named as text? The attached dataset can be read into SAS in the following code.
DATA text;
INFILE "C:\text.txt"
dlm="," lrecl=5000;
informat var1 $256.;
format var1 $256.;
input var1;
RUN;
thanks!
John
COMPRESS() is enough powerful for this .
data want;
set text;
var2=compress(var1,'#' , 'kd');
run;
Xia Keshan
Look into the compress function for starters. Regular expressions will also get you there, but a bit harder to understand off the start.
data want;
set text;
var2=compress(var1, , 'a');
run;
proc print data=want;
run;
COMPRESS() is enough powerful for this .
data want;
set text;
var2=compress(var1,'#' , 'kd');
run;
Xia Keshan
Many thanks Reeza and Keshan!!
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