Hello,
I need help here. I have a column that contains names, separated by space.I am trying to count the names.
I have tried Scan function but that returns the nth word from a character string.
scan(name, 1, ' ') as first_name , scan(name, 2, ' ') as second_name
Data have:
Name
HEID LILIAN MARTINEZ SANCHEZ
GIRALDO MONTO ANGELA
Data Want:
Name Count
HEID LILIAN MARTINEZ SANCHEZ 4
GIRALDO MONTO ANGELA 3
Thanks for looking !
data have;
input Name $30.;
cards;
HEID LILIAN MARTINEZ SANCHEZ
GIRALDO MONTO ANGELA
;
data want;
set have;
count=countw(name,' ');
run;
data have;
input Name $30.;
cards;
HEID LILIAN MARTINEZ SANCHEZ
GIRALDO MONTO ANGELA
;
data want;
set have;
count=countw(name,' ');
run;
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