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ybz12003
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Hello,

 

I would like to remove the 'CAR|ID|IL|PA|KK' in the ID column.  The result is shown in the 'Result' column.   Please advice.

 

data TEST;
      infile datalines dsd;
  input ID : $300.  Result : $200.;
datalines;
	CAR ID  MA,  MA
	ILH, H
	PAUL  VN, UL VN
	KKK GGGG, K GGGG
	Card ID BMA, d BMA
	Care ID FMA, e FMA
;

run;

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data TEST;
      infile datalines dsd;
  input ID : $300.  Result : $200.;
datalines;
	CAR ID  MA,  MA
	ILH, H
	PAUL  VN, UL VN
	KKK GGGG, K GGGG
	Card ID BMA, d BMA
	Care ID FMA, e FMA
;

run;
%let list=CAR|ID|IL|PA|KK;
data want;
 set test;
 id=strip(prxchange("s/(&list)//i", -1, id));
run;
ID Result
MA MA
H H
UL VN UL VN
K GGGG K GGGG
d BMA d BMA
e FMA e FMA

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data TEST;
      infile datalines dsd;
  input ID : $300.  Result : $200.;
datalines;
	CAR ID  MA,  MA
	ILH, H
	PAUL  VN, UL VN
	KKK GGGG, K GGGG
	Card ID BMA, d BMA
	Care ID FMA, e FMA
;

run;
%let list=CAR|ID|IL|PA|KK;
data want;
 set test;
 id=strip(prxchange("s/(&list)//i", -1, id));
run;
ID Result
MA MA
H H
UL VN UL VN
K GGGG K GGGG
d BMA d BMA
e FMA e FMA

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