More efficient way to moss p_name, match("([0-9])") regex in a very large dataset?

[Alex Cortez]

Good morning,
I need to find the first instance of [0-9] in a string. I tested the following and it works:

moss ID, match("([0-9])") regex


However ID is often a long string and the data set is extremely large. Since all I need is _pos1 is there a more efficient way of doing this?

Thanks.


ID
0 0 1 2 Hello 2
2 hi 3 2
my name
33 12
there

[Alex Cortez]

And I answered my now question:

moss ID, match ("[0-9]") regex max(1). Thanks.

[William Lisowski]

Thank you for posting your answer, to the benefit of others who in searching the web may someday be directed to this topic. Also to the benefit of those of us reading this now who have not made extensive use of the moss command available from SSC.