Hi I would like to replace the following code with a prx function possibly prxmatch. Essentially I want to exclude any rows from a data set where a variable value has at least one bracket.
data work.&ds.;
set work.&ds.;
if index(&var.,"{")=0
and index(&var.,"}")=0
and index(&var.,"[")=0
and index(&var.,"]")=0
and index(&var.,"(")=0
and index(&var.,")")=0;
run;
No need for regular expressions. Just use INDEXC() function and you can search for any list of individual characters, including the parentheses and brackets in your code. Note that SAS boolean operators treats zero (and missing) as FALSE and any other number as TRUE.
So you can just use this simple, clear expression:
if not indexc(&var.,"(){}[]") ;
No need for regular expressions. Just use INDEXC() function and you can search for any list of individual characters, including the parentheses and brackets in your code. Note that SAS boolean operators treats zero (and missing) as FALSE and any other number as TRUE.
So you can just use this simple, clear expression:
if not indexc(&var.,"(){}[]") ;
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