Hi. This is my data
dt_birth dt_death
4/21/1957 4/21/1967
4/21/1965
4/3/1976
I have to create a 3rd column called age. It should be dt_death - dt_birth if dt_death is present or otherwise it should be today's date- dt_death.
I am using the following procedure but it is giving syntax errors
proc sql ;
create table new as
select *, case Age
when dt_death is not null then int(yrdif(dt_birth,dt_death,'ACT/365')
else int(yrdif(dt_birth,date(),'ACT/365')
end
from old;
I think there is a problem here.
when dt_death is not null then
can you suggest any alternative methods?
Use COALESCE instead, but I suspect your error is related to missing parentheses and incorrect SQL code.
int(yrdif(dt_birth,date(),'ACT/365') -> You have 3 open and only 2 closing parentheses.
END - no variable name here?
int(yrdif(dt_birth, coalesce(dt_death, date()), 'ACT/365') as Age
If you want a CASE statement it would be something like:
case
when not missing(dt_death) then int(yrdif(dt_birth, dt_death, 'ACT/365'))
else int(yrdif(dt_birth, date(), 'ACT/365'))
end as AGE
Use COALESCE instead, but I suspect your error is related to missing parentheses and incorrect SQL code.
int(yrdif(dt_birth,date(),'ACT/365') -> You have 3 open and only 2 closing parentheses.
END - no variable name here?
int(yrdif(dt_birth, coalesce(dt_death, date()), 'ACT/365') as Age
If you want a CASE statement it would be something like:
case
when not missing(dt_death) then int(yrdif(dt_birth, dt_death, 'ACT/365'))
else int(yrdif(dt_birth, date(), 'ACT/365'))
end as AGE
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