I need help to split ID into two rows as below if there is a delimiter colon (:)
ID Description
001 Text1
002:003 Text2
002 Text2
003 Text2
data have; input ID $8. Description $; cards; 001 Text1 002:003 Text2 ; data Need; length _id $20; set have; do _n_=1 to countw(id,':'); _id=scan(id,_n_,':'); output; end; drop id; rename _id=id; run;
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