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Calcite | Level 5

I want to find all the records that have values starting with 44 in the variable X (a numeric variable)

I tried the below but it doesn't work. Thanks

data have;

set first;

where X=:'44';

run;

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Try

where cats(X) =: "44";

PG

PG
KarthikSrivasthav
Calcite | Level 5

HI Apple,

Try this ...............

DATA want ;

x=449;

if substr(cats(x),1,2)='44' then want=1;

run;

Cheers,

Karthik

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