topic Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric in SAS Enterprise Guide

WHERE statement for alphanumeric

anonymous_user — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 06:35:38 GMT

how would i do a where statement for an alphanumeric variable such as 2021Q2? I just want to bring in data for 2021 Q2 and Q3:

proc sql;
create table Q2Q3risk as
select
year_qtr,
count(distinct memberNo) as member_dist,
sum(riskTotal) as TotalRisk_Sum,
sum(riskScore) as riskScore_Sum,
sum(riskValueClosed) as riskValueClosed_Sum
from riskpull
where year_qtr in ('2021Q2','2021Q3')
group by year_qtr;
quit;

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

SASKiwi — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 06:44:58 GMT

Is year_qtr defined as character or numeric with a date format in your dataset? If it is character when your query should work OK. If it is numeric then try this using date constants:

where year_qtr in ('01Apr2021'd,'01Jul2021'd)

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:31:00 GMT

Maxim3: Know Your Data.

First, verify type and display format of year_qtr, and then, if it is numeric with a YYQ format, the actual raw values, as the dates might be any date within a quarter, so you must convert them to a new value first before you can use them for grouping in SQL.

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

Reeza — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:11:43 GMT

Don't.
Use your original variable and your original method of filtering the data.

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

anonymous_user — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:41:41 GMT

Thank you!!!!

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

anonymous_user — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:42:56 GMT

This worked!

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

Reeza — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:45:56 GMT

Did you confirm this pulls all dates you need and not just those two dates? From your prior descriptions of your data this would not work correctly.
You won't get errors but you won't get the right answers.

Re: WHERE statement for alphanumeric

anonymous_user — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:09:01 GMT

it pulled all that were between those dates in Q2 and Q3