BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
Vahe_Mar
Obsidian | Level 7

 HElP me to drop    "–  from drom dataset

I am using SAS 9.4, data came from 9.4UTF 

Thanks,
Vahe
6 REPLIES 6
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

You have to provide more information than that to be sure to get a proper answer. 

 

I can only guess that you have some character variable for which you want to get rid of the characters â and €?

 

If so use Compress Function like this

 

data test;
	charvar="helloâthere€you";
	newVar=compress(charvar, 'â€');
run;

 

 

Vahe_Mar
Obsidian | Level 7

I tried this way but doesnt work

 

Thanks,
Vahe
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Then you have to provide more information:

 

- What does your data look like?

- What does your code look like?

- What Errors appear in the log?

Vahe_Mar
Obsidian | Level 7

data look likes your example

no error and warning in code part , thats pinnacle issue

 

Thanks,
Vahe
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

@Vahe_Mar wrote:

I tried this way but doesnt work

 


???

data test;
	charvar="helloâthere€you";
	newVar=compress(charvar, 'â€');
run;

proc print data=test noobs;
run;

Result:

    charvar           newVar

helloâthere€you    hellothereyou

Works.

 

If it "does not work" for you, post your code (if you use a dataset, post that dataset in a data step, use the macro from https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/How-to-create-a-data-step-version-of-your-dat...), post the log, and post the result (just as I did). Follow the advice in https://communities.sas.com/t5/help/faqpage/faq-category-id/posting?nobounce to post code; use the {i} icon to post logs or list data.

Vahe_Mar
Obsidian | Level 7

ASCII or UTF

Thanks,
Vahe

hackathon24-white-horiz.png

2025 SAS Hackathon: There is still time!

Good news: We've extended SAS Hackathon registration until Sept. 12, so you still have time to be part of our biggest event yet – our five-year anniversary!

Register Now

How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

SAS Training: Just a Click Away

 Ready to level-up your skills? Choose your own adventure.

Browse our catalog!

Discussion stats
  • 6 replies
  • 1586 views
  • 0 likes
  • 3 in conversation