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robertrao
Quartz | Level 8


Hi Team,

I have a variable with values Y and N . Except that for one observation it is LEV.

I wrote a format as shown below;

value $SER

"Y", "LEV " = "YES"

"N"="NO"

;

RUN;

i apply the format

format variable $ser.

Unfortunately, the LEV stays as LEV and its messing my proc freq!!!!!

I want it to convert to YES

Could anyone help me please???

Thanks

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AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

Sorry, I had capital "YES" and "Yes".

Try this:

PROC FORMAT;

  VALUE $SER

  "Y" = "Yes"

  "LEV " = "Yes"

  "N"="NO"

;

QUIT;

DATA temp;

  input x $;

  cards;

  Y

  Y

  N

  LEV

  N

  Y

;

PROC FREQ DATA = temp;

  TABLES x;

  FORMAT x $ser.;

RUN;

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robertrao
Quartz | Level 8

I tried all the options like copy pasting the LEV from the dataset while creating format.

adding spaces to the left and to the right  and so on.doesnt work out!!!!

AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi.

How about this?

PROC FORMAT;

  VALUE $SER

  "Y" = "Yes"

  "LEV " = "YES"

  "N"="NO"

;

QUIT;

robertrao
Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. It doesnt help...

Thanks

AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

Sorry, I had capital "YES" and "Yes".

Try this:

PROC FORMAT;

  VALUE $SER

  "Y" = "Yes"

  "LEV " = "Yes"

  "N"="NO"

;

QUIT;

DATA temp;

  input x $;

  cards;

  Y

  Y

  N

  LEV

  N

  Y

;

PROC FREQ DATA = temp;

  TABLES x;

  FORMAT x $ser.;

RUN;

robertrao
Quartz | Level 8

This might work fine . But in My situation I do not understand how LEV is written.

Do youi recommend removing leading and trailing spaces if any///////////????

Could you show me how to acheive that?

Thanks

AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

Say, one way would be to use the compress function on your variable:

data temp2;

  set temp;

/*remove blanks*/

           z = compress(x);

  format z $ser.;

run;

proc freq data = temp2;

  tables z;

run;

robertrao
Quartz | Level 8

Hey Thanks a ton;

I decided to see what its length is and put so many trailing blanks. and went to see the attributes.

Its displayed as "LEV" in the dataset but when i pull using IN option(filtering on the editor) to see the different types I found it with the full form..

LEVEL. So I put "LEVEL"="YES" in my format immediately and it worked.

Thanks for your time.

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