I have data in this format,
datalines
sriram bhayagari gsr4455
naveen gsr5566 allapuram
gsr6677 srinath thatipathri
need output like
Emp Name ID
Sriram bhayagari 4455
Naveen allapuram 5566
srinath thatiparthi 6677
Use compress-function to get the id, than remove "gsr"+id from line to get EmpName.
data want;
length
EmpName $ 100
Id $ 4
;
input;
Id = compress(_infile_, ' ', 'dkt');
EmpName = strip(compbl(transtrn(_infile_, cats('gsr', Id), '')));
datalines;
sriram bhayagari gsr4455
naveen gsr5566 allapuram
gsr6677 srinath thatipathri
;
run;
Use compress-function to get the id, than remove "gsr"+id from line to get EmpName.
data want;
length
EmpName $ 100
Id $ 4
;
input;
Id = compress(_infile_, ' ', 'dkt');
EmpName = strip(compbl(transtrn(_infile_, cats('gsr', Id), '')));
datalines;
sriram bhayagari gsr4455
naveen gsr5566 allapuram
gsr6677 srinath thatipathri
;
run;
try the perl expression
data have;
input name &:$200.;
id=strip(prxchange('s/(.*)(gsr)(\d+)(.*)/$3/',-1,name));
Emp_Name=strip(prxchange('s/(.*)(gsr\d+)(.*)/$1$3/',-1,name));
cards;
sriram bhayagari gsr4455
naveen gsr5566 allapuram
gsr6677 srinath thatipathri
;
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