topic Re: Need to change value of variable in datastep only.. in ODS and Base Reporting

Need to change value of variable in datastep only..

Tushar — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:50:51 GMT

Hi maybe its silly question still i want to know,

I have dataset called test having variable name with value abc so now i want to change the value from abc to xyz using only datastep and no proc. How can i do that.

i have below one (one observation and one variable only)

name

====

abc

and i want below one using only datastep no proc how can i do that?

name

====

xyz

Regrads,

Tushar J

Re: Need to change value of variable in datastep only..

Reeza — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:27 GMT

you probably have more conditions, but since you haven't stated them the following does what you'd want...

data test2;

set test;

name="xyz";

run;

Re: Need to change value of variable in datastep only..

barheat — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:42:00 GMT

If you have a number of records you may want to change the name only when it is abc.

data test2;

set test;

if name='abc' then name='xyz';

run;

Re: Need to change value of variable in datastep only..

Tushar — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:15:30 GMT

Thanks Reeza and barheat it worked.

Regards,

Tushar Jagtap