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arvekumar
Calcite | Level 5

Hi, 

I am studying Base SAS , i have doubt on topic 

 

for example in one variable i have both numeric and character 

I need to separate numeric as one new variable and characters as one new variable

 

RAW DATA

 

Account_Name

AQI2

A347B

89CDI

7890

ABCD

A1Z1D2

 

I need output as

 

AccId

AQI

AB

CDI

.

ABCD 

AZD

 

AccCode

2

347

89

7890

.

112

 

 

Any one help me 

i need ans for this ???

Thanks in advance

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
Astounding
PROC Star

Accld = compress(account_name, , 'd');

 

AccCode = compress(account_name, , 'kd');

 

In the third parameter of COMPRESS: d=digits, k=keep

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Astounding
PROC Star

Accld = compress(account_name, , 'd');

 

AccCode = compress(account_name, , 'kd');

 

In the third parameter of COMPRESS: d=digits, k=keep

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