hello,
I have this data and need to to add a period to the ID variable to get to this result "data want"
Any thoughts? thank you.
data have;
Id;
datalines
ID |
40300 |
Z01 |
U900 |
303037 |
Z110112 |
917 |
3039 |
L303936 |
U30501 |
R00 |
305 |
U307G7 |
;
data want
ID |
403 |
Z01 |
U90.0 |
303.037 |
Z11.0112 |
917 |
303.9 |
L30.3936 |
U30.501 |
R00 |
305 |
U30.7G7 |
What is the logic (rules) for adding the period ?
Is it adding after the 3rd character in case of more than 3 characters ?
then:
data want;
set have;
if length(strip(ID)) > 3 then
ID = catx('.', substr(ID,1,3) , substr(ID,4));
run;
What is the logic (rules) for adding the period ?
Is it adding after the 3rd character in case of more than 3 characters ?
then:
data want;
set have;
if length(strip(ID)) > 3 then
ID = catx('.', substr(ID,1,3) , substr(ID,4));
run;
Or even:
data WANT;
set HAVE;
ID = catx('.', substr(ID,1,3) , substr(ID,4));
run;
Another great solution. Thank you!!
This is absolutely perfect! Thank you very much!
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