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grayab
Calcite | Level 5

Hello -

I need to delete observations from my dataset when the entry for a given variable contains a certain character (@).  I want to keep all the other observations.   This seems to require something between an if-then statement and a where contains statement.  I can't seem to find any references to this situation.  Can anyone suggest the best way to do this?

Thank you.

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

Try something like this

if findc(text,'(@)') then delete;

Peter_C
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Or sql like

PROC SQL ;

DELETE FROM your.dataset

  WHERE that_variable CONTAINS '@' ;

;

QUIT;

The contains keyword can be replaced with the symbol ? to make the syntax shorter (not neccessarily clearer)

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