topic Re: Determining if two categorical variables are the same in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determining-if-two-categorical-variables-are-the-same/m-p/368548#M87908 <P>if fruit1 =fruit2 then group = 1;</P> <P>else group=2;</P> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:11:09 GMT kiranv_ 2017-06-20T01:11:09Z Determining if two categorical variables are the same https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determining-if-two-categorical-variables-are-the-same/m-p/368542#M87905 <P>I want to determine whether 2 categorical variables are the same. For example, for the dataset below called FRUIT, I want the group variable to be 1 if they are the same (fruit1 and fruit2 are identical) and 2 if they are not.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD>fruit1</TD><TD>fruit2</TD><TD>group</TD></TR><TR><TD>Apple</TD><TD>Apple</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD>Banana</TD><TD>Apple</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD>Orange</TD><TD>Orange</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Cheers</P> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:42:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determining-if-two-categorical-variables-are-the-same/m-p/368542#M87905 BenBrady 2017-06-20T00:42:44Z Re: Determining if two categorical variables are the same https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determining-if-two-categorical-variables-are-the-same/m-p/368548#M87908 <P>if fruit1 =fruit2 then group = 1;</P> <P>else group=2;</P> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:11:09 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Determining-if-two-categorical-variables-are-the-same/m-p/368548#M87908 kiranv_ 2017-06-20T01:11:09Z