https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/if-vs-where/m-p/497595#M131929 <P>if the "if" statement must be used because values for the (IN=variables) are assigned during execution, then when do you use the where statement?</P> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:32:56 GMT clqa 2018-09-20T22:32:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/if-vs-where/m-p/497595#M131929 <P>if the "if" statement must be used because values for the (IN=variables) are assigned during execution, then when do you use the where statement?</P> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:32:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/if-vs-where/m-p/497595#M131929 clqa 2018-09-20T22:32:56Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/if-vs-where/m-p/497608#M131939 <P><A href="http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/238-31.pdf" target="_blank">http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/238-31.pdf</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>this may help you decide with to use if and when to use where.</P><P><A href="https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/11/27/if-and-where-sas/" target="_blank">https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/11/27/if-and-where-sas/</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:55:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/if-vs-where/m-p/497608#M131939 VDD 2018-09-20T23:55:39Z