I want to remove the first text in data which ends with "-" .
sample data is
Exclusion #13 - The patient has any other disorder for which the treatment .
Exclusion #19 - The patient has or has had one or more of the following.
Inclusion #5 - The patient and parent(s)/ legal representative (s) is willing and able to attend study
appointments within the specified time windows.
So i want to remove whenever there is "Exclusion #13 -" or Exclusion #19 -"
ANy help
One way, assuming that - first occurs in the way that you show.
data want; set have; var = substr(var,index(var,'-')+2); run;
The +2 assume that you do not actually want the value to start with the blank that would follow the -.
One way, assuming that - first occurs in the way that you show.
data want; set have; var = substr(var,index(var,'-')+2); run;
The +2 assume that you do not actually want the value to start with the blank that would follow the -.
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