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jenim514
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi!  I have a variable (concurrentcrg)..and I need to flag all the observations with values that start with 5 but do not end in 1.

 

 

Here the line of code that did not work...

 

if concurrentcrg in: ('5') and concurrentcrg ne '%1' then status='Uncontrolled';

 

Help is appreciated!

 

 

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Reeza
Super User

If character field, look at the SUBSTR() function.

 

If numeric field look at the SUBSTRN() function.

The REVERSE() function will reverse a string so you can obtain the last character. Or you could use the LENGTH function to get the last character. 

 

Since it looks character, consider using the reverse function.

 

if substr(char, 1,1) = '5' and substr(trim(reverse(char)), 1,1) ne '1' then status='Uncontrolled';

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Is it a character or numeric field?

 

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Reeza
Super User

If character field, look at the SUBSTR() function.

 

If numeric field look at the SUBSTRN() function.

The REVERSE() function will reverse a string so you can obtain the last character. Or you could use the LENGTH function to get the last character. 

 

Since it looks character, consider using the reverse function.

 

if substr(char, 1,1) = '5' and substr(trim(reverse(char)), 1,1) ne '1' then status='Uncontrolled';
art297
Opal | Level 21

Assuming it's character, then:

data want;
  set have;
  if first(concurrentcrg) eq '5' and first(reverse(strip(concurrentcrg))) ne '1'
    then status='Uncontrolled';
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

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