Date:         Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:52:13 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Groeneveld <jim1stat@YAHOO.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jim Groeneveld <jim1stat@YAHOO.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: how to seperate characters from words
Comments: To: Mayukh Dass <mayukh.dass@GMAIL.COM>

Hi Mayukh,

Try something like (*untested*):

L = INPUT ( SCAN ( Measure, 1, 'x' ), BEST12. );
B = INPUT ( SCAN ( Measure, 2, 'x c' ), BEST12. );

I would not use the variable name Length as it also is a SAS keyword.

Regards - Jim.
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Y. (Jim) Groeneveld, MSc., Biostatistician, Vitatron b.v., NL
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:53:08 -0500, Mayukh Dass <mayukh.dass@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I want to read records like
>
>12x4 cm
>12.3x4.5 cm
>and store the first value under variable "length" and second value
>under variable "breadth."
>I used the following code to read the records, but unfortunately for
>the second record (12.3x4.5), it is reading completely (because of
>$5.).
>
> Input tot_size $50. ;
>           only_size = input( scan(tot_size , 1 , " " ) , $5. ) ;
>I also tried the following:
>       *Input size_l @"x" size_b ;
>but now it was not reading anything and returning a blank.
>What will be the best way to read this.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Mayukh