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mkd
Calcite | Level 5 mkd
Calcite | Level 5

     I have data that includes the name of a town in parenthesis.  I want to get rid of what's in the parenthesis.  Is there a way to do this in SAS...or does it need to be done outside of SAS?

Thanks in advance.

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arodriguez
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

I will select the first word separated by "(" character with an scan function in the datastep

newvar=SCAN(var,1,'(');

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

Please show some sample data.

ballardw
Super User

One approach, inside a data step is to include code similar to

Variable = substr(variable, 1,(index(variable,'(')-1));

mkd
Calcite | Level 5 mkd
Calcite | Level 5

This was very useful and did what I needed.  Thank you for answering, however, I found the SCAN function much easier to use and most likely easier for me to remember in the future.

arodriguez
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

I will select the first word separated by "(" character with an scan function in the datastep

newvar=SCAN(var,1,'(');

user24feb
Barite | Level 11

Depending on your actual data, this might work (kicks out ( and ) without replacement):

Data A;

  Ex="xxxcd(1dfd32)"; Output;

  Ex="gegewx1d (322)"; Output;

Run;

Data B;

  Set A;

  Ex_new=PRXChange("s/[\(\)]//",-1,Ex);

Run;

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