topic Or statement for sql in a macro in SAS Procedures

Or statement for sql in a macro

jcis7 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 01:59:13 GMT

 %if &table=3 or &table=3a or &table=3b or &table=3c %then %do; 
    proc sql;
	create table want1 as
    select a.county, c.count, c.imm, c.missing, c.med, c.bel, c.oth, c.over
     from counties as a
	left join have as c
		on a.county=c.county;
   quit;
 %end;

I inherited a program am trying to modify it.

table 'have' has a list of 50 counties along with additional variables.

table 'counties' has a list of all desired 60 counties, one per rown

table 'want' I need all 60 counties listed, one per row, in the table 'counties' joined by county name to the table 'have' with the following column names:

county count imm missing med bel oth over

When I run the sql code without using the or statement (i,e, repeat , the sql statement works (I get 60 rows). If I run the macro just with one table name, I still am getting only 50 rows as output. How do I troubleshoot? Thanks.

Re: Or statement for sql in a macro

Reeza — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:21:29 GMT

From what you've shown, your code will only ever run once, there's nothing dynamic in it, so the results will be the same regardless of the table name(s) as long as they meet one of the table names in the OR list.

Are you expecting it to run multiple times?

Re: Or statement for sql in a macro

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 06:50:45 GMT

If you get different outcomes from this step, then it is not the %if condition, but changes in the input datasets. There is nothing dynamic in the SQL, so it will always work the same, but the outcome will depend on the input datasets.

Re: Or statement for sql in a macro

jcis7 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:28:07 GMT

Thanks everyone. I figured out what I did wrong.

Re: Or statement for sql in a macro

Reeza — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:11:41 GMT

@jcis7 please mark one of the solutions as correct.