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Hi,

 

I am not sure why this would not work. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

Libname Review'/folders/myfolders/Review' ;
Libname Learn'/folders/myfolders/Learn' ;  
Libname myformat'/folders/myfolders/sasuser.v94' ; 
Options fmtsearch=(myformat) ;

Proc Print data=learn.sales noobs ; 
	where Region eq ('North' AND Quantity lt 160) 
	OR Customer eq "Pet's are Us" ; /* Double "" because Pet's*/
run ; 

 I am getting the following error:

 69         Proc Print data=learn.sales noobs ;
 70         where Region eq ('North' AND Quantity lt 160)
 71         OR Customer eq "Pet's are Us" ; /* Double "" because Pet's*/
 ERROR: WHERE clause operator requires compatible variables.
 72         run ;

Thanks.

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20
('North' AND Quantity lt 160) 

is a test. It returns a boolean value (0 or 1).

 

Then you test region eq 1, which triggers the message as the values are of different type.

 

Your test is malformed. You probably mean

 

	where (Region eq 'North' AND Quantity lt 160) 
	   OR Customer eq "Pet's are Us" ; 

 

 

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20
('North' AND Quantity lt 160) 

is a test. It returns a boolean value (0 or 1).

 

Then you test region eq 1, which triggers the message as the values are of different type.

 

Your test is malformed. You probably mean

 

	where (Region eq 'North' AND Quantity lt 160) 
	   OR Customer eq "Pet's are Us" ; 

 

 

 

ManitobaMoose
Quartz | Level 8

Great, Thanks.

 

What about if I write the code:

Libname Review'/folders/myfolders/Review' ;
Libname Learn'/folders/myfolders/Learn' ;  
Libname myformat'/folders/myfolders/sasuser.v94' ; 
Options fmtsearch=(myformat) ;

Proc Print data=learn.sales noobs ; 
	where (Region eq 'North' AND Quantity lt 160) ; 
	where Customer eq "Pet's are Us" ; /* Double "" because Pet's*/
run ; 

This seems to only produce results for the second where clause (Pets are Us). Why is that?
ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

the second clause replaces the first one.

is this home work?

ManitobaMoose
Quartz | Level 8

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