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Solph
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi,

 

I tried to find text from the right before a underscore, but the code didn't work. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

 

data one;                                  
input name $1-18;   
cards;
abc_cost_mean
abc_visit_meanu Claim_Visits_Sum Claim_Cost_all_Sum ; data two; set one; name=compress(name); length name2 $10; CALL SCAN( name, -1, last_pos, last_length); name2 = substrn( name, last_pos , last_length); run; proc print; run;

 

Edited. Desired results as below, for name (original) and name2 (derived): 

abc_cost_mean        mean

abc_visit_meanu      meanu

Claim_Visits_Sum     Sum

Claim_Cost_all_Sum   Sum

 

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Astounding
PROC Star
Your problem title sounds different compared to your description. Based on the description only, you could get the right result simply:

name2 = scan(name, -1, '_') ;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

What is your desired result here?

Solph
Pyrite | Level 9

Thanks for the reminder. Now added in the original post.

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Do like this

 

data one;                                  
input name $1-30;   
cards;
abc_cost_meanabc_visit_meanu
Claim_Visits_Sum
Claim_Cost_all_Sum
;

data two;
    set one;
    name2=substr(name, findc(name,'_','b')+1);
run;
Astounding
PROC Star
Your problem title sounds different compared to your description. Based on the description only, you could get the right result simply:

name2 = scan(name, -1, '_') ;
Solph
Pyrite | Level 9

I thought I tried scan(var, -1,"_") and it didn't work. But apparently I used it wrong. Your code works. Thanks a lot. And thanks all for the help.

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