HOW CAN I GET F_NAME M_NAME AND L_NAME ?

[Saikiran_Mamidi]

DATA HAVE;

INPUT NAME$30.;

CARDS;

SAI KIRAN PATEL

UMA 

RAVI KIRAN

;

RUN;

   I WANT DATA LIKE THIS WITHOUT USING ARRAYS

F-NAME         M-NAME            L-NAME

SAI                 KIRAN                 PATEL

UMA

RAVI                                          KIRAN

CAN I GET CODE PLEASE?  THANKS

[PeterClemmensen]

Try this

data want(drop=name);
   set have;
   f_name = scan(name, 1);
   m_name = scan(name, 2);
   l_name = scan(name, 3);
run;

[Saikiran_Mamidi]

EDITED DATA ABOVE PLEASE CHECK AGAIN?

[PeterClemmensen]

Quick fix

data want(drop=name);
   set have;
   f_name = scan(name, 1);
   m_name = scan(name, 2);
   if countw(name) = 2 then do;
      call missing(m_name);
      l_name = scan(name, 2);
   end;
   else l_name = scan(name, 3);
run;