Hi All,
I am trying to copy a column and format it in MMDDYY10. format, but it look like the first observation on the additional column remain blank.
DATA Want
Second_Date=First_Date;
Format Second_Date MMDDYY10.
SET Have
RUN;
ID First_Bate Second_Date
101 12/26/2016 .
202 11/25/2015 12/26/2016
303 10/11/2014 11/25/2015
404 09/14/2013 10/11/2014
I will really appreciate if anyone can give me a clue.
Thank You.
If you actually would have tried that code, you'd see only ERROR messages in your log:
DATA Want /* missing semicolon */
Second_Date=First_Date;
Format Second_Date MMDDYY10. /* another missing semicolon */
SET Have /* another missing semicolon */
RUN;
So you would do good in the future to post the code that you actually used.
That said, you have your set statement in the wrong place:
data want;
set have;
second_date = first_date;
format second_date mmddyy10.;
run;
The set statement not only names a dataset for input, it also marks the place in the flow of the data step where the read will occur.
If you actually would have tried that code, you'd see only ERROR messages in your log:
DATA Want /* missing semicolon */
Second_Date=First_Date;
Format Second_Date MMDDYY10. /* another missing semicolon */
SET Have /* another missing semicolon */
RUN;
So you would do good in the future to post the code that you actually used.
That said, you have your set statement in the wrong place:
data want;
set have;
second_date = first_date;
format second_date mmddyy10.;
run;
The set statement not only names a dataset for input, it also marks the place in the flow of the data step where the read will occur.
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