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ChickenLittle
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

 

I have a field with a string of numbers separated by semicolons. I want to check if any of the numbers between the semicolons in this field is a match to what I am looking for. I know I can use "index" or "find," but it may give a false positive if it is a small number within a larger number. For example, if I have a field that contains 123;654;89 and I want to know if it contains '54', I do not want a false positive since 54 is in 654. How can I do this?

 

Example of what I have:

Obs     StrgOfNum

1          934;54;1234

2          123;6542;89

 

What I want is to know if the number 54 is in any of the observations:

Obs    

1 <---Should return a positive output indicated it is in this observations

2 <---Should return a negative output indicating it is not in this observations

 

 

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SASKiwi
Opal | Level 21
data have;
   string = '934;54;1234';
   found = findw(string, '54');
   output;
   put _all_;
   string = '123;6542;89';
   found = findw(string, '54');
   output;
  put _all_;
run;

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SASKiwi
Opal | Level 21
data have;
   string = '934;54;1234';
   found = findw(string, '54');
   output;
   put _all_;
   string = '123;6542;89';
   found = findw(string, '54');
   output;
  put _all_;
run;

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