topic Re: creating variable in SAS Programming

creating variable

Soham0707 — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:19:25 GMT

data test;
infile datalines;
input var $;
datalines;
alfred876
nancy65
abst656
tre656cy
1256nan
;
run;

Hey all,
Here's one question ,
Consider above dataset TEST in that there is one variable VAR.
i want another variable consider VAR2 that contains the length of values of VAR.
example:
VAR VAR1
alfred876 9
nancy65 7
abst656 7
tre656cy 8
1256nan 7

Output dataset should be like above dataset in example.

Thanks in advance.

Re: creating variable

PeterClemmensen — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:21:27 GMT

data have;
input VAR $10.;
datalines;
alfred876  
nancy65    
abst656    
tre656cy   
1256nan    
;

data want;
    set have;
    var1=length(var);
run;

Re: creating variable

PaigeMiller — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:21:44 GMT

Use the LENGTH function.

Examples are here:

https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmmvacdc&cdcVersion=9.4&docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarget=n0f6jve4kdxnh1n1m7c82fhosgih.htm&locale=en

Re: creating variable

Soham0707 — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:24:22 GMT

Thank you so much draycut...

Re: creating variable

Soham0707 — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:25:08 GMT

Thanks a lot Paigemiller