topic Re: Proc Report, how to change the '.' or '' of missing values to 'Unknown' in SAS Programming

Proc Report, how to change the '.' or '' of missing values to 'Unknown'

mcook — Wed, 01 May 2024 23:44:44 GMT

In proc report, how do i get the '.' value to be displayed as 'unknown', rather than the missing indicator (see table below). For character variables i could simply change all missing values to 'unknown' in the dataset, but i cannot do that with numerical vars.

Re: Proc Report, how to change the '.' or '' of missing values to 'Unknown'

A_Kh — Wed, 01 May 2024 23:58:02 GMT

Hi,

Use PROC FORMAT before proc report, then apply created format in proc report to display the missing value as 'unknown'.

Re: Proc Report, how to change the '.' or '' of missing values to 'Unknown'

Patrick — Thu, 02 May 2024 05:19:44 GMT

If you're already using a SAS supplied format like percent. below sample code to demonstrate how you can extend it for a missing case.

proc format;
  value missToUnknown
    . = 'Unknown'
    other=[percent.]
    ;
run;

data demo;
  do var=-0.5,.,0,0.5;
    output;
  end;
run;

proc print data=demo;
  format var missToUnknown.;
run;