I have a data set with the variables VentUnit1-VentUnit151,
I have been attempting to use arrays to flag observations in which VentUnit(i) in ('8N-ICU, '8S-NSICU') and VentUnit(i+1) in ('8N-ICU, '8S-NSICU') such as Line#4 in the screenshot. I'm having trouble trying to code this with do loops and have a feeling I'm taking the wrong approach.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
do i=1 to i=151
This is likely wrong and should be:
do i=1 to dim(unit)-1;
Because you're checking i+1 you can only go up to one less than the dimension and you can use the DIM() function to get the number of elements.
You may also want to set CHECK to 0 at the beginning of the loop but otherwise that seems correct.
data lines5;
set lines4;
array Unit (*) VentUnit1-VentUnit151;
check=0;
do i=1 to dim(unit)-1;
if Unit(i) in ('8N-ICU','8S-NSICU') and Unit(i+1) in ('8N-ICU','8S-NSICU') then check+1;
end;
run;
I'm having trouble trying to code this with do loops and have a feeling I'm taking the wrong approach.
Can you show us the code you're using?
@malmario wrote:
I have a data set with the variables VentUnit1-VentUnit151,
I have been attempting to use arrays to flag observations in which VentUnit(i) in ('8N-ICU, '8S-NSICU') and VentUnit(i+1) in ('8N-ICU, '8S-NSICU') such as Line#4 in the screenshot. I'm having trouble trying to code this with do loops and have a feeling I'm taking the wrong approach.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
data lines5;
set lines4;
array Unit (*) VentUnit1-VentUnit151;
do i=1 to i=151;
if Unit(i) in ('8N-ICU','8S-NSICU') and Unit(i+1) in ('8N-ICU','8S-NSICU') then check+1;
end;
run;
do i=1 to i=151
This is likely wrong and should be:
do i=1 to dim(unit)-1;
Because you're checking i+1 you can only go up to one less than the dimension and you can use the DIM() function to get the number of elements.
You may also want to set CHECK to 0 at the beginning of the loop but otherwise that seems correct.
data lines5;
set lines4;
array Unit (*) VentUnit1-VentUnit151;
check=0;
do i=1 to dim(unit)-1;
if Unit(i) in ('8N-ICU','8S-NSICU') and Unit(i+1) in ('8N-ICU','8S-NSICU') then check+1;
end;
run;
Thank you Reeza!
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