@Hoibai wrote:
The problem is, the first record is with {"Cdtr":{"Nm":"DEUTSCHE BANK"} .
The second record is with '{"Cdtr":{"Nm":"VERGOELST GMBH"}'
according to the constant variables {"Cdtr":{"Nm":, each record in the file has a different value.
I don't understand what you mean be this. Of course each observation has a different value. But the PREFIX you are searching for looks exactly the same in both of those example values.
{"Cdtr":{"Nm":"
Personally I avoid having to use regex if I can get the result I want with simpler functions.
data have;
infile cards truncover;
input str $200.;
cards4;
{"Cdtr":{"Nm":"DEUTSCHE BANK"}
{"Cdtr":{"Nm":"VERGOELST GMBH"}
{"ar:pacs.003.002.04":{"Cdtr":{"Nm":"DEUTSCHE BANK"},"CdtrAcct":{"Id":{"IBAN":"DE0111111111111111111100"}}
;;;;
data want;
length cdtr_nm $60 ;
set have;
sp=index(str,'{"Cdtr":{"Nm":');
if sp then cdtr_nm = dequote(substr(str,sp+length('{"Cdtr":{"Nm":')));
run;
Do they all have the form
"Cdtr":{"Nm":"XXX XXXX XXXXXX"}
where "XXX XXXX XXXXXX" is the desired result, and can have variable length?
If so, you can always skip the first 14 characters and drop the last 2 characters, which can be done with the SUBSTR and LENGTH functions:
data sample;
string='"Cdtr":{"Nm":"DEUTSCHE BANK"}';
new_string=substr(string,15,length(string)-16);
put (_all_) (= /);
run;
Or if you want something more general, perhaps you can characterize the desired substring as the 5th word, where each double quote is treated as a word separator. Then, as long as the desired expression is double-quoted, and it is preceded by two expressions that are also double quoted (i.e. preceded by 4 double quotes), you can do this:
data sample;
string='"Cdtr":{"Nm":"DEUTSCHE BANK"}';
new_string=scan(string,5,'"');
put (_all_) (= /);
run;
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