BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
🔒 This topic is solved and locked. Need further help from the community? Please sign in and ask a new question.
Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8

Hi i have got a column xy where the values are stored as shown.

                XY
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) 
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)

 

I wanted the output like this.The values to be stored in separate column under a b and c. Please help me if anyone knows the answer for this. 

BC
Drug ADrug-BBDrug-CCC
Drug-BBDrug ADrug-CCC
Drug-CCCDrug-BBDrug A

 

Thanks in advance.

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input xy $50.;
cards;
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) 
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)
;


data want;
set have;
t=compress(tranwrd(xy,')-(' ,','),'()');
a=scan(t,1,',');
b=scan(t,2,',');
c=scan(t,3,',');
drop t;
run;

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input xy $50.;
cards;
(Drug A)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug-CCC) 
(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)-(Drug-CCC)
(Drug-CCC)-(Drug-BB)-(Drug A)
;


data want;
set have;
t=compress(tranwrd(xy,')-(' ,','),'()');
a=scan(t,1,',');
b=scan(t,2,',');
c=scan(t,3,',');
drop t;
run;
Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8

thank you

sas-innovate-2026-white.png



April 27 – 30 | Gaylord Texan | Grapevine, Texas

Registration is open

Walk in ready to learn. Walk out ready to deliver. This is the data and AI conference you can't afford to miss.
Register now and lock in 2025 pricing—just $495!

Register now

How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

SAS Training: Just a Click Away

 Ready to level-up your skills? Choose your own adventure.

Browse our catalog!

Discussion stats
  • 2 replies
  • 1175 views
  • 1 like
  • 2 in conversation