Hello,
I would like to remove the Second '.' of value in the character variable.
For Example
(5.8.8) turn it as (5.88)
Kindly suggest code to solve it.
Thank you.
Here is one way
data _null_;
a='5.8.8';
b=prxchange('s/(.*\..*)(\.)(.*)/$1$3/', -1, a);
put b;
run;
Here is one way
data _null_;
a='5.8.8';
b=prxchange('s/(.*\..*)(\.)(.*)/$1$3/', -1, a);
put b;
run;
data _null_;
x='(5.8.8)';
f=findc(x,'.');
s=findc(x,'.',f+1);
want=cats(substr(x,1,s-1),substr(x,s+1));
put want=;
run;
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