extract numeric values and character values

[thanikondharish]

data s ;

input id $ result $ ;

cards ;

111   482

112   854

113    neg

114    pos

115    45.5

;

extract numeric values and character values from result variable?

[novinosrin]

data s ;

input id $ result $ ;

cards ;
111   482
112   854
113    neg
114    pos
;

data want;
set s;
n=compress(result,' ','kd');
c=compress(result,' ','d');
run;

[RW9]

Show what the output should look like.  Do you want a numeric column with those which are numeric converted?  Would you like separate datasets, etc?  For columns:

data want;
 set s;
 if not anyalpha(result) then num_var=input(result,best.);
run;

[s_manoj]

Hi,

Check below code

data want;
set s;
if input(result, best.) then numeric = result;
else char = result;
run;

[RW9]

You have warnings in that code though about converting text to numeric, actually I fell into the same trap as I forgot that ifn() will do the conversion regardless of the if part.  I updated my code to avoid this.