topic deleting when a variable is in SAS Procedures

deleting when a variable is

aarony — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:25:27 GMT

apologies for the hassle I have just two simple questions.

1) I want to delete siccd that is equal to 131, 170, 195, 204..and its not working.

data r8; set r7; if siccd in (131,170, 195, 204); run;

2) I want to delete siccd from 2100-2199

data r8; set r7; if siccd ne (2100-2199); run;

could u plz help??

Re: deleting when a variable is

stat_sas — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:36:52 GMT

data r8;

set r7;

if siccd in (131,170, 195, 204) then delete;

run;

data r8;

set r7;

if sicced in (2100:2199) then delete;

run;

Re: deleting when a variable is

ballardw — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:39:40 GMT

data r8; set r7; if siccd in (131,170, 195, 204); run;

As written says to KEEP records only with that value.

To delete RECORDS with that value

data r8; set r7; if siccd in (131,170, 195, 204) then delete; run;

I am not sure if you want to delete records with the values you are giving or if you want to set the value to missing (no value for the variable)

It is usually a good idea to post a few rows of data, some with the values of interes and some without, and what the desired outcome should look like.

Re: deleting when a variable is

Peter_C — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:05:48 GMT

From your post you want to delete rows with those values in siccd.

OK just insert the word NOT into your code before the IN(

Data r8; set r7; if siccd NOT in (131,170, 195, 204); run;

The other is a range not an IN( list so that is a subsetting IF condition like

if 2100 LE siccd LE 2199 then delete ;