compress special characters

[BrahmanandaRao]

Hi Guys 

Below dataset split into three datasets like alphabet , digits ,special characters

using compress function  i do not know exactly scan function can do this  scenario 

data special_char;
x='abacd123=@7!*#$ ^';
run;

[Tom]

Is there an actual question here?
What is it that you want to do with that dataset?

[Kurt_Bremser]

What should the three resulting datasets look like?

[BrahmanandaRao]

split into three datasets 

alphabet digits special characters 

[mkeintz]

You want three datasets?  Not three variables (one for each class of character)?

[Kurt_Bremser]

It seems we even have to write your questions for you.

Do you mean to have three datasets, each with a character variable x,

where the first contains

abacd

the second

123

and the third

=@7!*#$ ^

?

[BrahmanandaRao]

Yes i want create datasets individually as you said

data char digit special;
x='abacd123=@7!*#$ ^';
char=compress(x,,'ak');
digit=compress(x,,'kd');
specialchar=compress(x,,'kp');
run;
i do not know how to keep special characters using compress function

[Kurt_Bremser]

You already have everything you need, you just need to use it "the other way round".

So ask yourself first: "what does the modifier string 'ak' do?"

[Tom]

But that code just creates three duplicates of the same dataset.

If 'ka' keeps alpha and 'kd' keeps digits then to get everything else use 'ad' without the k.