Date:         Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:38:29 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: sas absolute value function
Comments: To: Duo Wan <duo_wan@YAHOO.COM>

Vincent,

Where are you trying to use it?  As you can test, from the following, it
can be used at least in some places outside of a datastep:

data test;
  input x;
  cards;
1
-3
-5
2
-4
;
proc print data=test (where=(abs(x) gt 2));
run;

Art
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:12:07 -0700, duo wan <duo_wan@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>  Is there any sas function for absolute value which can be used outside
data step? abs() can only be used data step.
>
>  thanks,
>
>  Vincent
>
>
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