split a string using a word delimiter in sas
<p>I'm looking for a way to split a very long string using this delimiter : <code>'| '</code></p>

<p>The scan function doesn't seem to accept word delimiter so if I do</p>

<pre><code>scan(string,3,'| ')
</code></pre>

<p>it will split at every <code>|</code> and space<br>
instead of at every <code>'| '</code> like I need.</p>

<p>In the documentation I don't see any modifier allowing this. <a href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214639.htm" rel="nofollow">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000214639.htm</a></p>