How can I remove different types of characters including blank spaces from the numeric values in a column.
I have
a= " 12345 *duplicate ID/Name "
I want
b=12345
Please see below what I tried.
data test;
a= " 12345 *duplicate ID/Name ";
b= input(strip(compress(a, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/*' )), 10.);
run;
data test;
a= " 12345 *duplicate ID/Name ";
b= input(compress(a,,'kd'),best.);
run;
- Cheers -
data test;
a= " 12345 *duplicate ID/Name ";
B=compress(compress(a,"`~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\|[]{};:',.<>?/"),'','A');
put a= b=;
run;
data test;
a= " 12345 *duplicate ID/Name ";
b= input(compress(a,,'kd'),best.);
run;
- Cheers -
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