Date:         Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:34:53 +0100
Reply-To:     "Dr. Olaf Kruse" <olaf.kruse@VST-GMBH.DE>
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From:         "Dr. Olaf Kruse" <olaf.kruse@VST-GMBH.DE>
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Hi Myra,

one more idea: Accept the opinion of your boss (remember Don Quichote), but
show him, that you are still in command of the SAS-language.
E.g. replace long if-then-else-statements with a more elegant
select-statement:


select;
 when <first selection-criteria >
  do;
    <SAS- statements>
  end;
[...]
 when <last selection-criteria >
  do;
   <SAS- statements>
  end;
otherwise;
  do;
   <SAS- statements>
  end;
end;  /* of  select */

It doesn't save much code, but it avoids errors by omitting an
else-statement in the middle of a long if-then-else-sequence.


Cheers, Olaf