Date:         Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:06:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Arild S <kog@SSB.NO>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arild S <kog@SSB.NO>
Subject:      Re: New variable based on FORMAT

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:26:07 -0800, RasmusJo <rjo.cebr@CBS.DK> wrote:

>Hi comp.soft-sys.sas,
>
>Is it possible to generate variables based on formats?
>
>Consider the following example:
>
>proc format;
>value group
>0-10 = 1
>11-20 = 2
>;
>run;
>quit;
>
>data wealth;
>format wealth group.;
>input id wealth;
>cards;
>1  1
>2  5
>3 11
>4 17
>;
>run;
>quit;
>
>Is it possible to recode wealth in accordance with the format 'group'?
>For instance, I would like to do a proc freq where I can condition on
>wealth group=1
>
>Regards,
>
>Rasmus

Hejsa Denmark,
it's a PUT with the format:

wealthgroup = put(wealth, group.);

(or wealth = put(wealth, group.); if
you want to overwrite/ recode it, but why..
or just proc freq ..  where 0<=wealth<=10; ? )

Rgds Arild