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nk_sas
Fluorite | Level 6

ACR7.957.80
MGI4.754.00
BLD112.25109.75
CFP9.659.25
MAL8.258.10
CM45.9045.30
AZC1.991.93
CMW20.0019.00
AMZ2.702.30
GAC52.0050.25

 

Hello All - I am a novice in SAS trying to get my hands wet with coding. Above is the data from my notepad which i was to convert into a SAS dataset. First 3 letters go into  var=  Prod.code (line 6 has only CM, just 2 letters), two numbers with 2 decimals each follow. The first 2 decimal #  goes under "msrp" variable and the following 2 decimal # under "holidayprice".

Please provide some directions/leads on how to approach this problem.

 

Thanks 

 

 

 

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nk_sas
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you for the reply. You've introduced me to new functions to deal with such a task. On the same lines, what kinds of suggestions would you give me to do well at coding in SAS. The kind of approach i need (i dont have computer science background).

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andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

Using a regular expression can solve the task. Have a look at the functions prxparse, prxmatch and prxposn.

 

data work.want;

   length 
      ProdCode $ 3 mrsp holidayprice 8
      _rx 8
   ;

   format mrsp holidayprice 10.2;

   retain _rx;
   drop _rx;

   if _n_ = 1 then do;
      _rx = prxparse('/([A-Z]+)(\d+\.\d\d)(\d+\.\d\d)/');
   end;

   input;

   if prxmatch(_rx, strip(_infile_)) then do;
      ProdCode = prxposn(_rx, 1, strip(_infile_));
      mrsp = input(prxposn(_rx, 2, strip(_infile_)), best32.);
      holidayprice = input(prxposn(_rx, 3, strip(_infile_)), best32.);
   end;

   datalines;
ACR7.957.80
MGI4.754.00
BLD112.25109.75
CFP9.659.25
MAL8.258.10
CM45.9045.30
AZC1.991.93
CMW20.0019.00
AMZ2.702.30
GAC52.0050.25
;
run;
nk_sas
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you for the reply. You've introduced me to new functions to deal with such a task. On the same lines, what kinds of suggestions would you give me to do well at coding in SAS. The kind of approach i need (i dont have computer science background).

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Simple compress() function should suffice here (note updated as didn't see three variable requirement first time round):

data want (drop=line);
  infile datalines;
  length prod_code $3 msrp 8 holidayprice 8 line $200;
  input line $;
  prod_code=compress(line," .","d");
  line=compress(line," ","a");
  msrp=input(substr(line,1,index(line,".")+2),best.);
  holidayprice=input(substr(line,index(line,".")+2),best.);
datalines;
ACR7.957.80
MGI4.754.00
BLD112.25109.75
CFP9.659.25
MAL8.258.10
CM45.9045.30
AZC1.991.93
CMW20.0019.00
AMZ2.702.30
GAC52.0050.25
;
run;

 

nk_sas
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you for the reply. The logic you provided is good to gain deeper understanding on usual concepts. On the same lines, what kinds of suggestions would you give me to do well at coding in SAS. The kind of approach i need (i dont have computer science background).

Rikard
Fluorite | Level 6

Since you data does not contain any field delimiters you need to apply your own rules that could separate the three data values from each other:

* Before the first nonalphabetic character (use e.g. the NOTALPHA function to find that position)

* Two positions after the first decimal period (use e.g. the INDEX function to find that position)

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Then you can create your three variables by e.g. using the SUBSTR function.

 

nk_sas
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you for the reply. All answers provided here - along with yours have shown me how i should think. On the same lines, what kinds of suggestions would you give me to do well at coding in SAS. The kind of approach i need (i dont have computer science background).

Patrick
Opal | Level 21

You've got already good answers of how to read your data.

 

In case what you've posted is all you need to read into SAS and not only a small subset of your real data then what I would do is manually shape your data in Notepad into a form which is easy to read with SAS (eg. the values you want separated by comma).

 

 

nk_sas
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi Patrick - I am quite okay to code for reading flat files with delimiters. To learn more I wanted to check what if there are no such dlm in the data and how to deal in such situations.

 

Thanks again -

 

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