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Ronein
Onyx | Level 15

Hello

I want to create a new variable called X_new.

The value in X_new will be as following:

Need to find the location of last alphabetic in variable X  and then substr from one position after until the end.

Resulted values will be:

300125565
300057503
300088437
3000999

What is the way to calculate the new variable x_new?

 

 

Data have;
input X $30.;
cards;
A22318PKRZD300125565
A21312QFYJR300057503
A22093FZCCP300088437
ABCDEFG3000999
;
Run;
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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
Data have;
input X $30.;
cards;
A22318PKRZD300125565
A21312QFYJR300057503
A22093FZCCP300088437
ABCDEFG3000999
;
Run;

data want;
   set have;
   x_new = scan(x, -1, , 'a');
run;

 

Result:

 

 

X                     x_new
A22318PKRZD300125565  300125565
A21312QFYJR300057503  300057503
A22093FZCCP300088437  300088437
ABCDEFG3000999        3000999

 

 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
Data have;
input X $30.;
cards;
A22318PKRZD300125565
A21312QFYJR300057503
A22093FZCCP300088437
ABCDEFG3000999
;
Run;

data want;
   set have;
   x_new = scan(x, -1, , 'a');
run;

 

Result:

 

 

X                     x_new
A22318PKRZD300125565  300125565
A21312QFYJR300057503  300057503
A22093FZCCP300088437  300088437
ABCDEFG3000999        3000999

 

 

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