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Soham0707
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi Guys,

I need one minor help.

Below is my input data;

802,803

803,804

60,61

817,818

817,818,819

810,811,812

55,56

55,56,57

 

I want output like below;

803

804

61

818

818,819

811,812

56

56,57

 

I want to remove data comes before first comma.

How can I do this.

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Accepted Solutions
Amir
PROC Star

The following finds the first comma and then uses substr() to get the text after that:

 

data have;
   input text : $char50.;

   datalines;
802,803
803,804
60,61
817,818
817,818,819
810,811,812
55,56
55,56,57
;

data want;
   set have;
   text2 = substr(text,findc(text,',')+1);
run;

 

Kind regards,

Amir.

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Your data is character, right?

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Do something like this

 

data have;
input value $ 1-20;
datalines;
802,803
803,804
60,61
817,818
817,818,819
810,811,812
55,56
55,56,57
;

data want;
  set have;
  value = prxchange("s/([^,]+),//", 1, value);
run;

Result:

 

value
803
804
61
818
818,819
811,812
56
56,57
Amir
PROC Star

The following finds the first comma and then uses substr() to get the text after that:

 

data have;
   input text : $char50.;

   datalines;
802,803
803,804
60,61
817,818
817,818,819
810,811,812
55,56
55,56,57
;

data want;
   set have;
   text2 = substr(text,findc(text,',')+1);
run;

 

Kind regards,

Amir.

Soham0707
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you so much ...

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