https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278433#M56020 <P>Suppose you have 9 dates: date1 to date9:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>if date gt max(date1, date2, date3,..., date9)</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>or</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>if date gt max(of date1-date9)</P> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 03:28:23 GMT PGStats 2016-06-19T03:28:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278432#M56019 <P>Dear,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I have to write a IF condition.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Eg: If date gt date1 and date gt date2 and so on for several variables. Is ther way to simplify the code.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>My code:IF date gt in(date1-date16)Please help. Thanks</P> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 03:51:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278432#M56019 knveraraju91 2016-06-19T03:51:04Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278433#M56020 <P>Suppose you have 9 dates: date1 to date9:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>if date gt max(date1, date2, date3,..., date9)</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>or</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>if date gt max(of date1-date9)</P> Sun, 19 Jun 2016 03:28:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278433#M56020 PGStats 2016-06-19T03:28:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278582#M56054 Your inquiry indicates that you need to transpose your data set from wide to long. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:25:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-simplify-the-comparison-of-one-variable-to-multiple/m-p/278582#M56054 LinusH 2016-06-20T06:25:12Z