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SASPhile
Quartz | Level 8


I'm trying to replace space and "/"  with an underscore. but the following replaces only "/" with an undrscore not a space. Any help to include space in regex?

proc sql ;
   select catx('=',_name_,prxchange('s/[,\/\\]/_/', -1, col1))
     into :rename separated by ' '
         from temp;
         
quit;

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Or this is you want to use a character class.

COL2=prxchange('s/[\/ ]/_/', -1, '1/2 3');

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Like this?

data t;
  COL2=prxchange('s/(\/| )/_/', -1, '1/2 3');
  put COL2=;
run;

COL2=1_2_3

 

ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Or this is you want to use a character class.

COL2=prxchange('s/[\/ ]/_/', -1, '1/2 3');

 

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