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pbravo
Calcite | Level 5

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.

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statistician13
Quartz | Level 8

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;

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statistician13
Quartz | Level 8

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;

pbravo
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you. Works like it should

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