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Hi

I need to know how to create a substring please.

The value I have is

428552LCOR42

But I need to remove the 'LC' (7&8) to show as below, any ideas please?

428552OR42

4 REPLIES 4
Loko
Barite | Level 11

Hello,

data _null_;

a='428552LCOR42';

b=compress(a,'LC');

put b=;

run;

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Or: b=tranwrd(a,'LC','');

dcruik
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Not knowing how dynamic you need the substring to be when removing it, but if there is just one instance of "LC" in your field value, and that's all you are looking to remove, I would suggest the compress() function.

newvar=strip(compress(oldvar,"LC"));

This will eliminate any "L" or "C" in your original variable, and remove any leading or trailing blanks with the strip() function.

Hope this helps!

MadhuKorni
Quartz | Level 8

If you want to remove only L&C in the String the following code will help.

data Sample;

Have='428552LCOR42';

Want=compress(Have,'LC');

run;

IF you want to remove the 7th and 8th characters from the entire variable then

data Want;

set Have;

wantVar=strip(substr(haveVar,1,6)||substr(haveVar,9));

run;

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