What procedure would I use to remove multiple phrases within a string?
I want to remove the "LLC", "Inc", and "Incorporated"
Is there a way to remove this all in one line/step of code rather than multiple steps?
Name
Company 1 LLC
Company 2 Incorporated
Company 3 Inc.
Thanks so much.
You could use the tranwrd() function multiple times on the Name field to replace a substring with a different substring, in this instance a blank. I would assume you don't want the space after 1 in Company 1 LLC, so I would try the following:
data want;
set have;
Name=tranwrd(Name," LLC","");
Name=tranwrd(Name," Incorporated","");
Name=tranwrd(Name," Inc.","");
run;
Hope this helps!
A RegEx option which will only remove the targeted strings if they are at the very end.
data have;
infile datalines truncover;
input company_name $40.;
datalines;
Company 1 LLC
Company 2 Incorporated
Company LLC 3 Inc.
Lend Lease Group LLC Inc.
;
run;
data want;
set have;
length company_name_root $40;
company_name_root=prxchange('s/(LLC|Incorporated|Inc\.)\s*$//oi',1,company_name);
run;
data want(drop=list);
set have;
length list $30;
do list = 'LLC', 'Incorporated', 'Inc.';
Name = tranwrd(strip(Name),strip(list),'');
end;
run;
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