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mounikag
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi All,

 

I need help in programming part: Data looks as below:

 

Rawdata:

Subject    category

101         LEFT DELTOID MUSCLE

101         RIGHT DELTOID MUSCLE

 

So  I need a output as below:

Output dataset:

Subject     category1

101           DELTOID MUSCLE

101           DELTOID MUSCLE

 

So which character function I need to use to get only 'deltoid muscle' string in the output. Please provide your inputs. TIA

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input Subject $3.    category & $20.;
cards;
101         LEFT DELTOID MUSCLE
101         RIGHT DELTOID MUSCLE
;

data want;
 set have;
 length need $100;
 Need=substr(category,anyspace(strip(category))+1);
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input Subject $3.    category & $20.;
cards;
101         LEFT DELTOID MUSCLE
101         RIGHT DELTOID MUSCLE
;

data want;
 set have;
 length need $100;
 Need=substr(category,anyspace(strip(category))+1);
run;
mounikag
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks . Your answer helped me.

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