I have multiple variables that follow in sequential order ques5-ques20. Each of these varibles have some entries with a "*" that I want to change to a blank.
Rather than write out a ton of if-or-then. (if ques5="*" then ques5=" ")....
How can i achieve this more efficiently with a do loop?
Thank you!
Hi @sasiscool,
Try this:
data want;
set have;
array q ques5-ques20;
do _n_=1 to dim(q);
if strip(q[_n_])='*' then q[_n_]=' ';
end;
run;
Hi @sasiscool,
Try this:
data want;
set have;
array q ques5-ques20;
do _n_=1 to dim(q);
if strip(q[_n_])='*' then q[_n_]=' ';
end;
run;
great thank you.
Please mark the appropriate solution as accepted.
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