Need to extract the characters before the first occurrence of ' ' or '-'
For example:
'ROM A STAR' output: 'ROM'
'ROMA STAR-RAN' output:'ROMA'
'VNAM-RAN STR' output: 'VNAM'
'K-NIT RAN-STA' output: 'K'
Thanks in advance!
data have;
input var $quote20.;
cards;
'ROM A STAR'
'ROMA STAR-RAN'
'VNAM-RAN STR'
'K-NIT RAN-STA'
;
data Need;
set have;
length need $20;
need=scan(var,1,' -');
run;
/*or*/
data Need;
set have;
length need $20;
need=prxchange('s/^([a-z]+)[-\s].*/$1/i', -1, var);
run;
/*or even NOTALPHA*/
data Need;
set have;
length need $20;
need=substr(var,1,notalpha(var)-1);
run;
data have;
input var $quote20.;
cards;
'ROM A STAR'
'ROMA STAR-RAN'
'VNAM-RAN STR'
'K-NIT RAN-STA'
;
data Need;
set have;
length need $20;
need=scan(var,1,' -');
run;
/*or*/
data Need;
set have;
length need $20;
need=prxchange('s/^([a-z]+)[-\s].*/$1/i', -1, var);
run;
/*or even NOTALPHA*/
data Need;
set have;
length need $20;
need=substr(var,1,notalpha(var)-1);
run;
thank you!!
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