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mssh2712
Calcite | Level 5
Hi
 
I have a dataset of 5 variables  (Name,Age,Gender,Recepie and status).
I want to add a new variable(country) which will have "India" as a value thru out all the rows.
 
Name   Age     Gender   Recepie     status                 Country
vinu      56         F           Tandoor     complete             Canada
 
please reply.
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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
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data want;
set have;
retain country 'Canada';
run;

Thanks,
Jag

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mssh2712
Calcite | Level 5
Hi please ignore the previous message.
 
I have a dataset of 5 variables  (Name,Age,Gender,Recepie and status).
I want to add a new variable(country) which will have "Canada" as a value thru out all the rows.
 
Name   Age     Gender   Recepie     status                 Country
vinu      56         F           Tandoor     complete             Canada
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
Try

data want;
set have;
retain country 'Canada';
run;

Thanks,
Jag
ballardw
Super User

As a generic comment: any data imported using a data step can do practically anything you want in a data step. I routinely in a read data step add analysis and data quality indicator variables, write messages to the log or another file about suspect values or data inconsistencies, recode character values to numeric and/or apply standardization rules such as proper case or sentence case to character variables.

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