data _null_;
numbers = 'foo bar baz 42';
regexpId = prxparse('/(\w+) (\w+) (\w+) (\w+)/');
pos = prxmatch(regexpId, numbers);
if pos > 0 then do;
do paranNo = 1 to 4;
call prxposn(regexpId, paranNo, txtStart, txtEnd);
txtMatched = substr(numbers, txtStart, txtEnd);
put "paranthesis " paranNo ": " txtMatched;
end;
end;
run;
/*
paranthesis 1 : foo
paranthesis 2 : bar
paranthesis 3 : baz
paranthesis 4 : 42
*/