https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475244#M122195 <PRE>if aesdth='Y' then do; aereas1="D";flag=1;end ; if aeshosp='Y' then do; aereas2="RPH";flag=1;end; if aesdisab='Y' then do; aereas3="PSDI";flag=1;end; if aeslife='Y' then do;aereas4="LT";flag=1;end; if aesmie='Y' then do; aereas5="OMI";flag=1;end; if aescong='Y' then do; aereas6="CA";flag=1;end; if astserfl='Y' then do;aereas7="AST";flag=1;end; if (aesdth='Y' or aeshosp='Y' or aesdisab='Y' or aeslife='Y' or aesmie='Y'or aescong='Y' or astserfl='Y') then newvar=catx(',', aereas1,aereas2) </PRE><P>i have to concatenate the values where its 'y' .any suggestions how to do this.with above code its not working.</P><P>for example if aesmie=y then newvar will have value of 'OMI' if 3 variavles (aesmie,aescong,astserfl)are 'Y' then (newvar=OMI,CA,AST)concatenate that variable values</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:39:35 GMT paddyb 2018-07-03T16:39:35Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475244#M122195 <PRE>if aesdth='Y' then do; aereas1="D";flag=1;end ; if aeshosp='Y' then do; aereas2="RPH";flag=1;end; if aesdisab='Y' then do; aereas3="PSDI";flag=1;end; if aeslife='Y' then do;aereas4="LT";flag=1;end; if aesmie='Y' then do; aereas5="OMI";flag=1;end; if aescong='Y' then do; aereas6="CA";flag=1;end; if astserfl='Y' then do;aereas7="AST";flag=1;end; if (aesdth='Y' or aeshosp='Y' or aesdisab='Y' or aeslife='Y' or aesmie='Y'or aescong='Y' or astserfl='Y') then newvar=catx(',', aereas1,aereas2) </PRE><P>i have to concatenate the values where its 'y' .any suggestions how to do this.with above code its not working.</P><P>for example if aesmie=y then newvar will have value of 'OMI' if 3 variavles (aesmie,aescong,astserfl)are 'Y' then (newvar=OMI,CA,AST)concatenate that variable values</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:39:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475244#M122195 paddyb 2018-07-03T16:39:35Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475245#M122196 <P>Can you please provide the community with an INPUT sample data, an OUTPUT(wanted) sample data and your requirement/logic?</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:26:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475245#M122196 novinosrin 2018-07-03T16:26:10Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475254#M122199 <P>If I understand the question correctly, the formula should be:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><FONT face="courier new,courier">.........&nbsp;&nbsp; then newvar = catx(',', of aereas1-aereas7);</FONT></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:44:50 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/concatenate-values/m-p/475254#M122199 Astounding 2018-07-03T16:44:50Z