Hi, i currently have a script to convert from yymmn6. (201801) to mmmYYYY (jan2018).
However, if it is march, i want it to be converted to mac, instead of mar as default.
my script:
%let period=201808;
data _null_;
monthyr=input("&period",yymmn6.);
call symputx('month',lowcase(cats(put(monthyr,worddate3.),year(monthyr))));
run;
%put &=month;
%put &month;
%if %substr(&month,1,3) eq 'mar' %then %do;
%sysfunc(tranwrd(&month,'mar','mac'))
%end;
I had no luck at all. What actually wrong here?
Use Base SAS, previously mentioned several times.
%let period=201808; data _null_; monthyr=input("&period",yymmn6.); result=lowcase(cats(put(monthyr,worddate3.),year(monthyr))); result=tranwrd(result,"mar","mac"); call symputx('month',result); run; %put &month.;
However, I cannot stress this enough, avoid using such structures in filenames/code. If you need to have date on something use ISO dates - they are sortable, and processable without language issues (i.e. in your case here), do not have upper/lower case issues, and can be partial without issue. This is what mostly everyone else uses, its an international standard for a reason.
Use Base SAS, previously mentioned several times.
%let period=201808; data _null_; monthyr=input("&period",yymmn6.); result=lowcase(cats(put(monthyr,worddate3.),year(monthyr))); result=tranwrd(result,"mar","mac"); call symputx('month',result); run; %put &month.;
However, I cannot stress this enough, avoid using such structures in filenames/code. If you need to have date on something use ISO dates - they are sortable, and processable without language issues (i.e. in your case here), do not have upper/lower case issues, and can be partial without issue. This is what mostly everyone else uses, its an international standard for a reason.
Thanks @RW9 . I would definitely adapt to your suggestion. Very much appreciated.
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