Can't be thankful enough for this  ... View more

I appreciate your efforts on this. ... View more

Thankyou very much. It's working. But can't we do it without using proc sort. Please advise. Actually I've another field named marks prior to this post. I've sorted the data with the descending order of Marks. So if I use your code it might disturb the Marks descending order. That shouldn't be done. ... View more

a+b++c the count is Count1 for +    count2 for ++ 1                              1 ... View more

Need seperate variables for + and ++ i.e count1 and count2. Thankyou. ... View more

Nope. You've completely misunderstood the concept. The delimiter count I want is only for +'s and ++'s not slash. In my all previous posts I've not said anything about consider slash / as the delimiter to count it. ... View more

I've been saying this in a better way by considering my required output, you will understand it more clearly. In that long string values 1st string value has only single +'s so count the no. Of single pluses and put the count as 2 in count1 variable. In the 2nd long string value has double ++'s so count the no.of double pulses and put the count as 4 in count1 variable. Please please try to understand my concept with my Required Output. Here slash / becomes the end of one or double pluses and at the end of the string value if the string doesn't end with slash / no worries, you can consider the + or ++. Slash / is for our understanding. ... View more

It's not a operator, just a character in my string value. ... View more

My point is if the string value has 1 plus sign followed by slash / then consider count1 as 1. If the string value has 2 plus sign followed by slash / then consider count1 as 1. Otherwise 0's. Consider this output: Required result: Obs string count1 count2 1 Abcdefghi+7/edfiklhopr+9 2 0 2 Jakdkopiqwe++9/ajsjsjajsj++10/ghakakak++12/hwjwjwnnw++1 0 4   ... View more

It's because of the plus is repeating twice not just once. That's why I asked zero. Please have a look at the required output which I replied to you. Thankyou. ... View more

Required results: Obs string count1 count2 1 Abcdefghi+7/edfiklhopr+9 2 0 2 Jakdkopiqwe++9/ajsjsjajsj++10/ghakakak++12/hwjwjwnnw++1 0 4 ... View more

Replying to All and posting it again. String_variable Abcdefghi+7/edfiklhopr+9 Jakdkopiqwe++9/ajsjsjajsj++10/ghakakak++12/hwjwjwnnw++1 Required Output: Count_1plus count_2plus 2 0 0 4 Patrick's code working nicely but it is giving me the output like this and considering ++ as 2 single ++ instead of considering only 1 +. Please help me on achieving the required output which I mentioned above. Thankyou. The Output I got : Count_1plus count_2plus 2 0 4 4 ... View more

Alright. Thank you very much. ... View more

Please make a bit change in the concept. Include 0 in count_2plus only if there's no ++, not for count_1plus. ... View more