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data t1;
length v1 $ 100;
input v1 $;
datalines;
G:/Data/CXV/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles1.txt
D:/Data/ABC/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles2.txt
E:/Data/XYZ/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles3.txt
C:/Data/DEF/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles4.txt
F:/Data/JFK/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles5.txt
;
run;

 

I need to extract only folder, not file (which is last ). Can you please help. 

G:/Data/CXV/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts
D:/Data/ABC/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts
E:/Data/XYZ/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts
C:/Data/DEF/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts
F:/Data/JFK/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts

 

Thanks in Adavance. 

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Ksharp
Super User
data t1;
length v1 $ 100;
input v1 $;
want=prxchange('s/\/[^\/]+$//',1,strip(v1));
datalines;
G:/Data/CXV/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles1.txt
D:/Data/ABC/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles2.txt
E:/Data/XYZ/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles3.txt
C:/Data/DEF/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles4.txt
F:/Data/JFK/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles5.txt
;
run;

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MayurJadhav
Quartz | Level 8

You can use substr function in SAS to extract sub-string from a string. You can set the start and end position to fetch sub string from variable v1.

@kumarsandip975 

 

Try this one:

data out; 
set t1;
v1_new = substr(v1,1, 33);
run;
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A_Kh
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Addition to the above solution. 

data want;
set t1;
v2= substr(v1, 1, length(v1) - length(scan(v1, -1, '/'))-1);
proc print; run; 

This code works for dynamic path. 

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
    set t1;
    where=find(v1,'/',-100);
    folder_name=substr(v1,1,where-1);
    drop where;
run;

 

@kumarsandip975 please do not use meaningless subject lines like "Programming Help", because virtually every thread can be "Programming Help". Please, from now on, make the subject line a brief description of the problem.

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Paige Miller
Ksharp
Super User
data t1;
length v1 $ 100;
input v1 $;
want=prxchange('s/\/[^\/]+$//',1,strip(v1));
datalines;
G:/Data/CXV/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles1.txt
D:/Data/ABC/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles2.txt
E:/Data/XYZ/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles3.txt
C:/Data/DEF/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles4.txt
F:/Data/JFK/PGMS/CTS_Test/Scripts/ScannedFiles5.txt
;
run;

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