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Obsidian | Level 7 gsk
Obsidian | Level 7

In a data step, if one of a set of variables is a certain value and others are missing, how do we tell SAS to fill in other variables with a certain value? 

 

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Above is the data set I have. If one of DEMA4A to DEMA4F is Y but others are missing, I want to fill in these missings with "N"

If one or more values of DEMA4A to DEMA4F are U, I don't want to fill in any missing values. 

 

How do I write this code? 

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Reeza
Super User

Use WHICHC to evaluate your condition:

 

if whichc(‘Y’, of DEMA4A—DEMA4f) then do;

 

your assignment statements;

 

end;

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
set have;
array t(*)DEMA4A--DEMA4F;
x1=whichc('Y', of t[*]);
if x1>0 then do;
do _n_=1 to dim(t);
if _n_ ne x1 then t(_n_)='N';
end;
run;
kiranv_
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

one way to do this and is similar to @novinosrin code and I just added one more condition

data want;
set have;
array name(*) $ DEMA4A--DEMA4F;
if whichc('Y', of name[*]) and whichc('U', of name[*]) = 0 then 
do i = 1 to dim(name);
if name[i] =' ' then name[i] = 'N';
else name[i] =name[i];
end;
drop i;
run;

 

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