Where Is Substr in Sas

There are two basic applications of the SUBSTR function: on the “right” side of an assignment statement or on the left side of an assignment statement.

How do you Substr in SAS?

The syntax for the SUBSTR function on the left-hand side of the equal sign is: SUBSTR( string, starting position <, length> ) = ‘characters-to-replace’, while the right-hand side syntax is: <variable = > SUBSTR( string, starting position <, length>). Syntax illustrated using angle brackets (‘<‘ and ‘>’) is optional.

How do I extract a string from a string in SAS?

In SAS, you can use the SCAN function to extract a word from a string. This function takes the string you want to scan as an argument, as well as a number that represents the position of the word you want to extract.