topic Re: Sum statement not overcoming missing values in SAS Programming

Sum statement not overcoming missing values

ManitobaMoose — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:04:38 GMT

This should be easy for an experienced programmer.

I am learning the sum statement with missing values. According to what I understand in my book, the Sales + sumsales statement should overcome missing values. Yet, I am only getting missing values for sumsales. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks!

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Data monthsales ;
   input month sales @@ ;
        Sales + Sumsales ;
       output ;
datalines ;
1 4000 2 5000 3 . 4 5500 5 5000 6 6000 7 6500 8 4500 9 5100 19 5700 11 6500 12 7500
;
run ;

proc print Data=monthsales ;
   var Sales Sumsales ;
run ;

Re: Sum statement not overcoming missing values

Patrick — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:10:43 GMT

@ManitobaMoose

Instead of

Sales + Sumsales ;

write

Sumsales + Sales;

Re: Sum statement not overcoming missing values

ManitobaMoose — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:10:38 GMT

Excellent advise. That works perfectly. Thanks!

Re: Sum statement not overcoming missing values

ManitobaMoose — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:11:13 GMT

Advice.