topic Re: How to: if find multiple strings and case insensitive.. help!! in SAS Programming

How to: if find multiple strings and case insensitive.. help!!

Lena_PA — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:17:26 GMT

I'm trying to create a variable 'Baby' which contains either 'baby' or 'infant' or 'toddler' from a variable 'Brand'. I figured it out (after a long time, SAS novice here) how to do a single word (baby) but I would like to add two more (infant and toddler). Can you please help?? thank you 🙂

---here is my code---

Data baby ;
Set baby;
if find (Brand, "baby" , "i") then Baby = 1; else baby = 0; run;

Re: How to: if find multiple strings and case insensitive.. help!!

PaigeMiller — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:31:49 GMT

@Lena_PA wrote:

I'm trying to create a variable 'Baby' which contains either 'baby' or 'infant' or 'toddler' from a variable 'Brand'. I figured it out (after a long time, SAS novice here) how to do a single word (baby) but I would like to add two more (infant and toddler). Can you please help?? thank you 🙂

---here is my code---

Data baby ;
Set baby;
if find (Brand, "baby" , "i") then Baby = 1; else baby = 0; run;

You say you want a variable which contains 'baby' or 'infant' or 'toddler', but then you show code that assigns 0 or 1 to this variable. Please clarify what you want.

Re: How to: if find multiple strings and case insensitive.. help!!

Lena_PA — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:35:49 GMT

Oh sorry. I want to create a new variable name "BABY" = 1 if the existing variable "Brand" contains "baby" or "infant" or "toddler". If Brand does not include any of these three words, then BABY =0.

Re: How to: if find multiple strings and case insensitive.. help!!

PaigeMiller — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:36:41 GMT

if find (Brand, "baby" , "i")>0 or find(Brand,'infant','i')>0 or find(Brand,'toddler','i')>0 then Baby = 1; else baby = 0;

Re: How to: if find multiple strings and case insensitive.. help!!

Lena_PA — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:47:49 GMT

Thank you so much!!!!!!