×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS

Contact US

*
*
*
*

Thanks. We have received your request and will respond promptly.

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you a
Computer / IT professional?
Join Tek-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
*Tek-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Data Cleaning

thread376-1604525

Data Cleaning

Data Cleaning

(OP)
Just looking for any tips/tricks you may have for dealing with "messy" data.  I am working with some survey data that is pretty messy so I am just interested in how others deal with it.  

RE: Data Cleaning

(OP)
For example, one thing I am trying to do is get rid of any special characters in an ID.  I read about the one person using compress or prk, however what if you have an ID with "# 123456" - that would not get rid of the space after the #.   

RE: Data Cleaning

I am not sure what you mean that the compress function doesn't remove blanks after the pound sign.  I have successfully used that function to remove blanks from a value with a pound sign.
Klaz

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Tek-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Tek-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Tek-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Tek-Tips and talk with other members! Already a Member? Login
Close Box

Join Tek-Tips® Today!

Join your peers on the Internet's largest technical computer professional community.
It's easy to join and it's free.

Here's Why Members Love Tek-Tips Forums:

Register now while it's still free!

Already a member? Close this window and log in.

Join Us             Close