Toby,

For understandability .. yes! But it will still fail with an underscore included as part of the interval name.

Art On Mon, 7 May 2012 12:48:22 +0000, toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Art, > >Shouldn't: > >options intervalds=( m_events=md_events_ds); > >Be this instead > >options intervalds=( md_events=md_events_ds); > > > > >Toby Dunn > > >If you get thrown from a horse, you have to get up and get back on, unless you landed on a cactus; then you have to roll around and scream in pain. > >�Any idiot can face a crisis�it�s day to day living that wears you out� >~ Anton Chekhov > > > >> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:32:28 -0400 >> From: art297@ROGERS.COM >> Subject: Possible intervalds option bug >> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >> >> Explanation: Either I've missed something regarding the intervalds system >> option, or there is a bug that should be corrected. My SAS license >> explicitly doesn't include tech support thus, if this is an error, I would >> appreciate it if someone would submit the problem. >> >> I was running some fairly simple code to identify whether individuals' >> birthdays (not considering year) matched the "birthdays" of various events. >> >> The two datasets were: >> >> >> data md_events_ds; >> informat date yymmdd8.; >> informat event $80.; >> format date begin date9.; >> input date event &; >> season+1; >> do year=1900 to (year(date())+1); >> begin=mdy(month(date),day(date),year); >> output; >> end; >> cards; >> 19680105 Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia >> 19160108 Allies retreat from Gallipoli >> 19700115 Gadafi is proclaimed premier of Libya >> 19910116 The Persian Gulf War begins >> 19610120 John F. Kennedy inaugurated >> 19010122 Queen Victoria dies >> ; >> >> proc sort data=md_events_ds; >> by begin; >> run; >> >> /*and*/ >> >> data birthdates; >> informat dob yymmdd8.; >> format dob date9.; >> input dob name $; >> cards; >> 19450108 John >> 19620809 Susan >> 19600122 Mary >> ; >> >> The following doesn't work: >> >> options intervalds=( m_events=md_events_ds); >> data want; >> set birthdates; >> match=(intnx('m_events',dob,0) eq dob); >> run; >> >> /*however, the following does work*/ >> options intervalds=( mdevents=md_events_ds); >> data want; >> set birthdates; >> match=(intnx('mdevents',dob,0) eq dob); >> run; >> >> The only difference between the two sets of code is whether and underscore >> is or isn't included as part of the interval name. >> >> Am I missing something or is that a bug that should be reported? >