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HitmonTran
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi,

I'm trying to see if  I can create a flag variable for values with indentations and no indenation?

 thanks

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ResoluteCarbon
Obsidian | Level 7

 

Not yet checked but I think you want something like that

 

data want;

 set have;

   If substr(LABEL,1,1)=' ' then i=1;

  else i=0;

run;

 

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Norman21
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

For the indented variables, is the first character a blank? If so, you can use the SUBSTR function:

 

https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings/proceedings/sugi25/25/cc/25p088.pdf

Norman.
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ResoluteCarbon
Obsidian | Level 7

 

Not yet checked but I think you want something like that

 

data want;

 set have;

   If substr(LABEL,1,1)=' ' then i=1;

  else i=0;

run;

 

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