Good Morning,
So I would like to pull variables that contain a specific character string in the beginning, followed by any combination afterword.
For examples, I want to pull zip codes (character) but only want the specific zip codes "97252" and anything else that comes after those 5 specific characters like the dash and state code.
Please help.
Thank you.
There are several ways to do this, but how about a sql statement with the like function?:
proc sql;
create table work.output as
select * from
work.input a
where
a.zipcode like '97252%';
quit;
You could also do this in a data step with =: operator:
data work.output;
set work.input;
if zipcode=:'97272' then output;
run;
There are several ways to do this, but how about a sql statement with the like function?:
proc sql;
create table work.output as
select * from
work.input a
where
a.zipcode like '97252%';
quit;
You could also do this in a data step with =: operator:
data work.output;
set work.input;
if zipcode=:'97272' then output;
run;
Thank you. Works like it should
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