topic Re: DO loop Help in SAS Programming

DO loop Help

Fancy — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:02:13 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I cannot seem to get my code to generate the data in the EarningRangesLow variable beyond $1. Any help is appreciated. Here is my code:

data Chesapeake4 ;
infile '/home/sherstewart0/my_content/Chesapeake4.csv' dsd firstobs=3 delimiter=',';
length EarningRangesLow $ 100 EarningRangesHigh $ 100;
format MaleWorkedFT best32.;
format FemaleWorkedFT best32.;

do EarningRangesLow ="$1 "
,"$2,500 "
,"$5,000"
,"$7,500"
,"$10,000 "
,"$12,500 "
,"$15,000 "
,"$17,500"
,"$20,000 "
,"$22,500 "
,"$25,000 "
,"$30,000"
,"$35,000"
,"$40,000"
,"$45,000 "
,"$50,000 "
,"$55,000"
,"$65,000 "
,"$75,000"
,"$100,000 ";

do EarningRangesHigh="$2,499 "
,"$4,999 "
,"$7,4999"
,"$9,999"
,"$12,499"
,"$14,999 "
,"$17,499 "
,"$19,999"
,"$22,499 "
,"$24,999"
,"$29,999 "
,"$34,999"
,"$39,999"
,"$44,999"
,"$49,999 "
,"$54,999"
,"$64,999"
,"$74,999"
,"$99,999"
,"$149,999 "
;

input skip $ MaleWorkedFT FemaleWorkedFT ;
drop skip;

output;

end;
end;

run;

Re: DO loop Help

novinosrin — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:57:55 GMT

Is it just for fun: You can play with something like this

data want;

do _EarningRangesLow=1 to 100000 by 2500;

EarningRangesLow=put(_EarningRangesLow,dollar10. -l);

if _EarningRangesLow=1 then _EarningRangesHigh=2499;

else _EarningRangesHigh=_EarningRangesHigh+2500;

EarningRangesHigh=put(_EarningRangesHigh,dollar10. -l);

output;

if _EarningRangesLow=1 then _EarningRangesLow=0;

end;

drop _:;

run;

Re: DO loop Help

ballardw — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 23:11:05 GMT

How many records are in your CSV file? If it is fewer than 20 you run out of lines to input while still in the first loop for the EarningRangesLow.

Are attempting generate someth that is supposed to create something like:

MaleworkedFt FemaleWorkedFt 1 2499

MaleworkedFt FemaleWorkedFt 2500 4999

I suspect that FORMATS will do what you want but you'd have to describe what this data is going to be used for.

Re: DO loop Help

PGStats — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:52:21 GMT

You seem to need something like this:

data Chesapeake4;
array a(20) $10 _temporary_ (
"$1 "
,"$2,500 "
,"$5,000"
,"$7,500"
,"$10,000 "
,"$12,500 "
,"$15,000 "
,"$17,500"
,"$20,000 "
,"$22,500 "
,"$25,000 "
,"$30,000"
,"$35,000"
,"$40,000"
,"$45,000 "
,"$50,000 "
,"$55,000"
,"$65,000 "
,"$75,000"
,"$100,000");
array b(20) $10 _temporary_ (
"$2,499 "
,"$4,999 "
,"$7,4999"
,"$9,999"
,"$12,499"
,"$14,999 "
,"$17,499 "
,"$19,999"
,"$22,499 "
,"$24,999"
,"$29,999 "
,"$34,999"
,"$39,999"
,"$44,999"
,"$49,999 "
,"$54,999"
,"$64,999"
,"$74,999"
,"$99,999"
,"$149,999");
infile '/home/sherstewart0/my_content/Chesapeake4.csv' dsd firstobs=3 delimiter=',';
do i = 1 to dim(a);
    EarningRangesLow = a{i};
    EarningRangesHigh = b{i};
    input skip $ MaleWorkedFT FemaleWorkedFT ;
    output;
    end; 
drop i skip;
run;

Re: DO loop Help

Fancy — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:22:07 GMT

Thanks that worked like a charm...!

Re: DO loop Help

Fancy — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:23:35 GMT

Thanks, I will try playing with that. So many different ways to approach this. It can be frustrating...