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archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

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
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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

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;

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

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;

ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Or even:

data WANT;
  set HAVE;
  ID = catx('.', substr(ID,1,3) , substr(ID,4));
run;

archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

Another great solution. Thank you!!

archibald
Obsidian | Level 7

This is absolutely perfect! Thank you very much!

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