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Posted 09-08-2016 06:43 PM
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Dear,
In my data, I need remove some characters from a variable (test) values. With my code I am not getting output I need for ONE observation.
Please look at OBS 4 (test=EXCL08C). i AM NOT GETTING THE OUTPUT I NEED FOR THIS.
Please help.
data
test
EXCL01
EXCL07B
EXCL08
EXCL08C
EXCL10
MY CODE;
if test =:'EXCL0' THEN TEST1=COMPRESS(TEST,'XCL0','');
ELSE IF test ^=:'EXCL0' THEN TEST1=COMPRESS(TEST,'XCL','');
RESULT;
E1
E7B
E8
E8
E10
OUTPUT NEED;
E1
E7B
E8
E8C
E10
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You may be better off using a SUBSTR() function?
Looks like you're taking first character and then everything after the 4th?
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I'm not sure this will easily extend if needed but works for the example data;
data example;
informat test $10.;
input test;
result = tranwrd(test,'EXCL0','E');
result = tranwrd(Result,'EXCL','E');
datalines;
EXCL01
EXCL07B
EXCL08
EXCL08C
EXCL10
;
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data example; informat test $10.; input test; result = prxchange('s/XCL0*//i',-1,test); datalines; EXCL01 EXCL07B EXCL08 EXCL08C EXCL10 ; run;