Hi Folks,
i have data like beloow
i want to replace soft in software as hard at first instance only but not in consecutive cases
data have;
input string $100.;
datalines;
He is a software and a software programmer
software and a hardware
;
want
He is a hardware and software programmer
hardware and a hardware worker
data have;
infile cards truncover;
input string $100.;
datalines;
He is a software and a software programmer
software and a hardware
;
data want;
set have;
substr(string,index(string,'soft'),4)='hard';
run;
proc print noobs;run;
data have;
infile cards truncover;
input string $100.;
datalines;
He is a software and a software programmer
software and a hardware
;
data want;
set have;
substr(string,index(string,'soft'),4)='hard';
run;
proc print noobs;run;
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