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Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8

Hi i want to get only numeric values where this is the input

 

data have;
length var1 $30.;
var1='hdhdxha82873jdjsd';output;
var1= 9293293991 ;output;
var1='123431hud';output;
var1=1223444;output;
run;

 

and the required output is

 

var1

9293293991

1223444

 

How can I extract just the numeric values. thanks

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
  set have;
  if lengthn(compress(var1,"","d"))=0 then output;
run;

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
  set have;
  if lengthn(compress(var1,"","d"))=0 then output;
run;
Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8

but what if that var1 has decimal value like this var1= 929329.3991 ;output; will it be able to get the output

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
  set have;
  if lengthn(compress(var1,".","d"))=0 then output;
run;
Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8
Thanks for your quick response.

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