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sasphd
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

I want to delete rows when a variable name contain a string (INFRA)

 

have 

 

id name 

1 don infra

2 waw 

3 sik infra

4 dfh

 

want 

id name

2 waw 

4 dfh

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input id name & $20.;
cards;
1 don infra
2 waw 
3 sik infra
4 dfh
;

data want;
set have;
if not ^^find(name,'infra','i');
run;

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Astounding
PROC Star

Does "infra" vs. "INFRA" make a difference?  One possibility:

 

data want;

set have;

if index(upcase(name), "INFRA") = 0;

run;

sasphd
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

No it does not matter. 

however the program does not work. what I want is to delete rows containing the string "infra" 

Astounding
PROC Star

So why do you say it does not work?

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input id name & $20.;
cards;
1 don infra
2 waw 
3 sik infra
4 dfh
;

data want;
set have;
if not ^^find(name,'infra','i');
run;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Or with FINDW

 

data have;
input id name & $20.;
cards;
1 don infra
2 waw 
3 sik infra
4 dfh
;

data want;
set have;
if not ^^findw(name,'infra',' ','i');
run;

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