topic Re: Combining in an if statement both "and" and "or" in SAS Programming

Combining in an if statement both "and" and "or"

Dim13 — Tue, 03 May 2022 17:57:26 GMT

Hello everybody,

I wanted to ask if I can combine in one command both an "and" and multiple "or" statements - or the opposite. For example something like:

if var1=5 and (var2=2 or var2=4 or var2=5) then var3=20;

thank you very much,

Dimitrios

sbxkoenk — Tue, 03 May 2022 18:29:39 GMT

Of course, you can. Why not?

For example :

data _NULL_;
 set sashelp.class;
 if Sex='M' AND (Age > 20 OR Height > 70 OR Weight > 100) then put 'HIT'; 
 else put 'No HIT';
run;

Mind De Morgan's laws when combining AND's , OR's and NOT.

Koen

Astounding — Tue, 03 May 2022 18:41:10 GMT

An alternative that might make this more readable:

if var1=5 and var2 in (2, 4, 5) then var3=20;

Dim13 — Wed, 04 May 2022 05:12:23 GMT

....... strangely enough my "question code" worked as well....!!!! thank you for the reply though.

Dim13 — Wed, 04 May 2022 05:12:51 GMT

thank you