Date:         Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:11:52 +0000
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From:         toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: help using formats
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Meg ,

Yes there is:

roc Format ;
  Value Sex
    1 = 'Male'
    2 = 'Female'
;
Run ;


Data Have ;
Format Sex Sex. ;
Sex = 1 ;
Output ;

Sex = 2 ;
Output ;
Run ;

Data Need ;
Set Have ;

If VValue( Sex ) = 'Male' Then Do ;
  Text = 'Its A Boy ' ;
End ;
Else Do ;
  Text = 'Its A Girl' ;
End ;
Run ;

Proc Print
Data = Need ;
Run ;




Toby Dunn

When everything is coming at you all at once, your in the wrong lane.

A truly happy person is someone who can smile and enjoy the scenery on a
detour.





From: Meg <napu1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: Meg <napu1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: help using formats
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:03:19 -0700

Hello..

Is there a way for me to ID numeric variables by its format in a data
set?

example 1=male 2=female

is there a way I could do something like this

If gender ='Male' then ...
else if gender= "female"

Is there special syntax that would allow that kind of programming with
numeric vars?

thanks!