Hi SAS support community, I am rather new to sas and would need your help on subtracting text from another text. Below is a similar example of the database I have. Basically, I would like to create a new variable which equals newvar = Text_A - Text_B Text_ID Text_A Text_B 1 A philosopher, in a wide sense, is someone who studies philosophy. The term "philosopher" comes from the Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philosophos), which means "lover of wisdom". The introduction of the terms "philosopher" and "philosophy" has been ascribed to the Greek thinker Pythagoras A philosopher, in a wide sense, is someone who studies philosophy. 2 A philosopher, in the more narrow and common usage, is any intellectual who has made contributions in one or more current fields of philosophy, such as aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, social theory, and political philosophy. is any intellectual who has made contributions in one or more current fields of philosophy, such as 3 A philosopher may also be one who worked in the humanities or other sciences which have since split from philosophy proper over the centuries, such as the arts, history, economics, sociology, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, theology, and politics centuries, such as the arts, history, economics, sociology, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, theology, and politics Is there any simple way to do it? Tranwrd seems not to work. Thanks a lot for your help! Jo
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