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Quartz | Level 8

Dear all,

 

how to extract the last four word from the variable, and recorded as a year?

data date;
	input date $50.;
	datalines;JAN2009;
run;

could you please give me some suggestions?

thanks in advance

 

 

 

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

Hi,

 

Something like this?

 

data want;
set date;
year = substr(date,length(date)-3);
run;

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

Hi,

 

Something like this?

 

data want;
set date;
year = substr(date,length(date)-3);
run;

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