Hi,
I have a drug dataset for a research study. I need to separate the values by '/' in the column.
Kindly go through the sample set for the reference.
data have;
input Drug$80.;
cards;
metformin/Glicipage
Glibenclimide/glicipage
Alphaglid/glucose/SGLT2
Metformin/Glucose
;
Expected Output:
Drug1
Metformin
Glicipage
Glibenclimide
Alphaglid
Glucose
SGLT2
data want;
set have;
length drug1 $ 24;
do i=1 to countw(drug,'/');
drug1=scan(drug,i,'/');
output;
end;
drop i;
run;
proc sql;
create table want2 as select distinct upcase(drug1) as drug1 from want;
quit;
data want;
set have;
length drug1 $ 24;
do i=1 to countw(drug,'/');
drug1=scan(drug,i,'/');
output;
end;
drop i;
run;
proc sql;
create table want2 as select distinct upcase(drug1) as drug1 from want;
quit;
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