Hello Experts,
I would like to hold the code with min value from column a (in my exemple it is T244).
For this, I would like to replace the letter by spaces, and apply the min function.
Do you know please, how to do that with prxmatch function ? Thank you !
data test;
a="T244|T244O|T244S|T339";
/*if prxmatch("m/[A-Z]{1,}/oi",a)> 0 then*/
run;
data test;
a="T244|T244O|T244S|T339";
min=9999999;
do i=1 to countw(a,'|');
temp=scan(a,i,'|');
value=input(compress(temp ,,'kd'),best32.);
if value<min then do;want=temp;min=value;end;
end;
drop min i temp value;
run;
If you have letters and digits in your data, using compress instead of prxmatch/prxchange is recommended.
data test;
a="T244|T244O|T244S|T339";
b = compress(a, '|', 'kd');
run;
Is this the original form of the data or is "a" created to solve the problem?
data test;
a="T244|T244O|T244S|T339";
min=9999999;
do i=1 to countw(a,'|');
temp=scan(a,i,'|');
value=input(compress(temp ,,'kd'),best32.);
if value<min then do;want=temp;min=value;end;
end;
drop min i temp value;
run;
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