topic multilabel format in SAS Programming

multilabel format

Ronein — Sat, 02 May 2020 09:50:31 GMT

Hello

What is the purpose of writing "default=20" in this example of multilabel format?

What is the purpose of writing "notsorted"?

If I want that order of rows in summary report will be in same order as left side of proc format

('Strong approval','Weak Approval','Approval','Weak Decline','Strong Decline','Decline') then should I add the option "notsorted"?

proc format library=work;
value appr (default=20 multilabel notsorted)
1-2  = 'Strong approval'
3-6  = 'Weak Approval'
1-6  = 'Approval'
7-8  = 'Weak Decline'
9-10 = 'Strong Decline'
7-10 = 'Decline'
;
run;

Re: multilabel format

PaigeMiller — Sat, 02 May 2020 10:25:48 GMT

This is the exact situation, when you want to know what a certain option does, where you should consult the documentation. SAS has done a great job of explaining every command and every option. Here is the PROC FORMAT documentation: https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=proc&docsetVersion=9.4&docsetTarget=p1upn25lbfo6mkn1wncu4dyh9q91.htm&locale=en

Re: multilabel format

Ronein — Sat, 02 May 2020 12:33:48 GMT

Thank you.
What is the logic that in this example they
Choose default=20 and not default =30?

Re: multilabel format

PaigeMiller — Sat, 02 May 2020 12:40:46 GMT

Because 20 is sufficient in this example