topic If condition in SAS Procedures

If condition

robertrao — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:25:48 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to find if date variable is greater than surgery variable by 35days

both are dates.

is this below code right??????

data want;

set have;

if date ge (Surgery - 60*60*24*35);

run;

Thanks

Re: If condition

Vince28_Statcan — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:31:23 GMT

That would work if your values were datetime, not date. Date formats are stored as the number of days since a fixed date (01/01/1960) so you'd simply need to substract 35.

It is typically best to get accustomed to the intnx function though for date distance. I'll let you look that up.