I need to use one the data variables in a dataset as Perl-regular-expression in PRXMATCH. Could someone help me with that?
I'm able to do this with Index function.
data test;
set sashelp.cars(obs=10);
type1 = strip(type) || '1';
type_check = index(strip(type1), strip(type));
run;
If this needs to be converted to use PRXMATCH function, what would the Perl-regular-expression be?
data test;
set sashelp.cars(obs=10);
type1 = strip(type) || '1';
type_check_regex = prxmatch(????,strip(type1));
run;
The Perl-regular-expression has to be dynamic for each observation.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ramesh
Something like this?
prxmatch(cats("/",type,"/i"), type1)
as long as type doesn't include perl special characters.
Something like this?
prxmatch(cats("/",type,"/i"), type1)
as long as type doesn't include perl special characters.
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