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sdixit
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi ,

 

I want to substring the alphanumeric string

example 00000031700ALLISON S00001

 

 

which are of different length. I just need to extract the substring starting with first character that is ALLISON S00001.

 

so the result of substring from

00000031700ALLISON S00001

 

is below

ALLISON S00001

 

 

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Here is one way:

data have;
  informat string $80.;
  input string &;
  want=substr(string,anyalpha(string));
  cards;
00000031700ALLISON S00001
;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

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art297
Opal | Level 21

Here is one way:

data have;
  informat string $80.;
  input string &;
  want=substr(string,anyalpha(string));
  cards;
00000031700ALLISON S00001
;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

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