| Date: | Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:09:03 -0500 |
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| Reply-To: | Bruce J <chimanbj@GMAIL.COM> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Bruce J <chimanbj@GMAIL.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: SAS Syntax "Case"? |
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| In-Reply-To: | <2C6B65AAC3623140922DE580669C456A03B79F8B@LTA3VS001.ees.hhs.gov> |
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Since when did CYA = "Cover Your Assumptions"?
Someone put extra letters in there! LOL
-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Fehd,
Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:45 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: SAS Syntax "Case"?
> From: Lindberg, Andreas
> I think I've seen something like "case of" in sas but now I
> can't find it in the online help... What I want to do is:
> If variablex is (case of)
> '1' then dosomething;
> '2' then dosomethingelse;
> andanotherthing;
> '3' then doyetanotherthing;
> ... and so on
>
> surely sas has this... But what's it called
select(Var);
when(Value1) ...;
when(Value2) do;
stmnt1;
stmnt2;
end;
otherwise;
end;
Values are in alignment with Var being character or numeric
'otherwise' is required;
this reminds you to cya for 'everything else'
acronym: cya: 'Cover Your Assumptions'
Ron Fehd the macro maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov
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