Data have;
var1 var2
1 read
2 write
3 sing
4 dance
I want to load count of vowels from var2 to macro variable.
like for read - 2 vowels (o and e)
write - 2 (i and e)
goes on...
help me how to count vowels from a string.
Thanks
Edit: I add the i modifier also to avoid casing issues - even though your test data didn't show upper case.
Use compress with the keep option and lengthn:
data want; set have; num_vowels=lengthn(compress(yourvariable,"aeiou","ki")); run;
Edit: I add the i modifier also to avoid casing issues - even though your test data didn't show upper case.
Use compress with the keep option and lengthn:
data want; set have; num_vowels=lengthn(compress(yourvariable,"aeiou","ki")); run;
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