I would like to substring a string dynamically. in the following example I have to separate each number (x and y) coordinates from the 'text' string 'xy(x,y)'
data have;
input x $25.;
cards;
'xy(1,1)'
'xy(1,10)'
'xy(10,1)'
'xy(10,10)'
'xy(100,1)'
;
run;
output Want
text x y
'xy(1,1)' 1 1
'xy(1,10)' 1 10
'xy(10,1)' 10 1
'xy(10,10)' 10 10
'xy(100,1)' 100 1
Thank you for your inputs
https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/vdmmlcdc/8.1/lefunctionsref/p0jshdjy2z9zdzn1h7k90u99lyq6.htm
Scan using parens and comma as delimiters.
Thank you, @WarrenKuhfeld! The text string does not need quotation marks. Third argument in quotes lists delimiters.
x = scan( text, 2, '(),' );
y = scan( text, 3, '(),' );
Probably should ask if a numeric result is desired so the appropriate INPUT could be added.
Thank you @pink_poodle and @WarrenKuhfeld @ballardw
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