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lu_king
Obsidian | Level 7

Any advice on how to parse a complicated variable? 

For example. 

People: 

John 

Tim K 

00234 jorge 

209384colleen 

j lopez 0897111

 

I just need the numbers in the beginning and the end of the names either gone or in another variable. Since they're not exactly uniform, I am unsure on how to approach this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
    set have;
    numbers_wanted = compress(people,,'kd');
run;
--
Paige Miller
tejarongli21
Calcite | Level 5
use compress function with KD (keep Digits)

data example1;
set example;
num=compress(people,,'KD');
run;
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

You want all numbers from your variable gone or you want only the ones at the beginning or end gone? 

lu_king
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi Peter,

Thanks for asking! I just need the numbers in the beginning and end gone!

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