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Experts,<br />
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I have a string of data which has a variable length of characters before the &quot;@&quot;. &nbsp;Can someone tell me the syntax to extract all of the characters before the &quot;@&quot; in SAS.<br />
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I can use either a PROC Sql (Preferred) or Data Step.
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Experts,

I have a string of data which has a variable length of characters before the "@".  Can someone tell me the syntax to extract all of the characters before the "@" in SAS.

I can use either a PROC Sql (Preferred) or Data Step.

Extracting all data before &#39;@&#39; in a string

Experts,

I have a string of data which has a variable length of characters before the &quot;@&quot;.  Can someone tell me the syntax to extract all of the characters before the &quot;@&quot; in SAS.

I can use either a PROC Sql (Preferred) or Data Step.

Extracting all data before '@' in a string

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