How to check words (from one column) in text (from another column)

[krishmar1]

Hi,

I have a dataset A with a column named Location and a dataset B with a column named Keyword.

Location has rows like:

• Texas
• Florida
• Arizona

which stores any single word.

Keyword stores rows with text, for example: I live in Florida.

I would like to list all the rows in Keyword if any of the words in location exists in Keyword.

So keyword in the above example would be listed but not if the row of Keyword is "I am a vagabond"

How do I code this in SAS --- using a data step or Proc SQL or any other proc?

Please help!

Thanks,

K

[Scott_Mitchell · Accepted solution]

You could use SQL.

DATA T1;

INPUT  LOCATION $;

DATALINES;

TEXAS

FLORIDA

ARIZONA

;

RUN;

DATA T2;

LENGTH KEYWORD $40;

INFILE DATALINES DLM=',';

INPUT KEYWORD $;

DATALINES;

I AM A VAGABOND

I LOVE TEXAS

I HATE ARIZONA

;

RUN;

PROC SQL;

CREATE TABLE WANT AS

SELECT *

FROM T1,T2

WHERE FIND(T2.KEYWORD,T1.LOCATION) > 0

;

RUN;

[krishmar1]

Thank you, Scott.

Do you know how I can have an indicator variable (binary) for each row where FIND(T2.KEYWORD,T1.LOCATION) > 0 so that I can differentiate between the rows with the location and the rows without

Regards,

K

[PGStats]

Change the last step to:

PROC SQL;

CREATE TABLE WANT AS

SELECT

     T2.keyword,

     T1.location,

     T1.location IS NOT MISSING as indicator

FROM T2 LEFT JOIN T1

ON FIND(T2.KEYWORD ,T1.LOCATION) > 0;

QUIT;

PG

[Scott_Mitchell]

How is this?

PROC SQL;

CREATE TABLE WANT AS

SELECT A.KEYWORD, B.INDIC

FROM T2 A

LEFT JOIN

(SELECT KEYWORD, 1 AS INDIC

FROM T1,T2

WHERE FIND(T2.KEYWORD,T1.LOCATION) > 0) B

ON A.KEYWORD = B.KEYWORD

;

RUN;

[krishmar1]

Thank you, Scott and PGStats.

K