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angeliquec
Quartz | Level 8

Hi, In my "HAVE" dataset, if "var1" is not in the string "not_in", I'd like to tag it as "Y", as in the the "WANT" dataset. 

I need help to produce my "WANT" dataset.

 

data have;
input var1 $ not_in $;
cards;
A A,B,C
D A,B,C
E B,D,A
;
run;

 

Thus, for the first row, since A is in A,B,C, then I'd like its not_in_flg to be "N". 

For the second row, since D is not in A,B,C, then is not_in_flg is to be "Y".

 

data want;
input var1 $ not_in $ not_in_flg $;
cards;
A A,B,C N
D A,B,C Y
E B,D,A N
;
run;

 

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WarrenKuhfeld
Ammonite | Level 13
data have;
input var1 $ not_in $;
not_in_flg = ifc(index(not_in, trim(var1)), 'N', 'Y');
cards;
A A,B,C
D A,B,C
E B,D,A
;
proc print; run;

The last row of your example is wrong.

Reeza
Super User

Is your data always a single character? If not use FINDW or INDEXW to search for a word and return it. Make sure to look at the later parameters for those functions to set them to ignore case or use UPCASE/LOWCASE to make everything the same case.

SuryaKiran
Meteorite | Level 14

Hi,

 

Use find function.

 

data have;
input var1 $ not_in $;
If FIND(not_in,STRIP(var1),'i')=0 then flag="Y";
ELSE Flag="N";
cards;
A A,B,C
D A,B,C
E B,D,A
;
run;
Thanks,
Suryakiran
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

data want;
set have;
if findw(not_in, var1," ,","ti") then notInFlg = "N";
else notInFlg = "Y";
run;
PG

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