https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518144#M3498 The IDE is bad. It doesn't always colour code things correctly.If it runs correctly, you're fine. Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:19:18 GMT Reeza 2018-12-03T16:19:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518139#M3497 <P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am trying to run the following code, but return missing values for all records for the new variable "denom_code32." For some reason, the "and" operator doesn't turn blue. Any ideas of what's going on?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Mike</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>data new;<BR />set input;<BR />if leave_code = '32' and verified_transfer = "yes" then denom_code32 = 1;<BR />else denom_code32 = 0;<BR />run;</P> Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:11:50 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518139#M3497 mpoletika1 2018-12-03T16:11:50Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518144#M3498 The IDE is bad. It doesn't always colour code things correctly.If it runs correctly, you're fine. Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:19:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518144#M3498 Reeza 2018-12-03T16:19:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518212#M3501 <P>You're right ... this code should never return a missing value.&nbsp; You will need to post the log if you want anybody to be able to help you.</P> Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:48:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/New-user-and-operator/m-p/518212#M3501 Astounding 2018-12-03T19:48:35Z