i am trying to pull out the alpha in a field. So if the field has an alpha then make that field a 0 if it does not have an alpha in it then keep it
12345678A
45893317Q
23849451H
999999999
888888888
Something like below?
data sample;
input var :$10.;
var_recoded=var;
if anyalpha(var) then var_recoded='0';
datalines;
12345678A
45893317Q
23849451H
999999999
888888888
;
run;
Something like below?
data sample;
input var :$10.;
var_recoded=var;
if anyalpha(var) then var_recoded='0';
datalines;
12345678A
45893317Q
23849451H
999999999
888888888
;
run;
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