I am trying to use the below code to select where the field 'test' equals 2 and 3, based on the format.
proc format;
value product
2,3 = '1'
;run;
data have;
infile cards;
input test;
cards;
1
2
3
;run;
data want;
set have;
where put(test,product.) = '1';
run;
Am I close to something that works here, or does proc format not work like this? My WANT and HAVE datasets are the same. I'd like the format to filter and only keep the 2,3.
You're still capturing the value 1. Add an other condition, e.g.:
proc format;
value product
2,3 = '1'
other='0'
;run;
data have;
infile cards;
input test;
cards;
0
1
2
3
4
5
;
data want;
set have;
where put(test,product.) = '1';
run;
HTH,
Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com
You're still capturing the value 1. Add an other condition, e.g.:
proc format;
value product
2,3 = '1'
other='0'
;run;
data have;
infile cards;
input test;
cards;
0
1
2
3
4
5
;
data want;
set have;
where put(test,product.) = '1';
run;
HTH,
Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com
If there isn't a value in the format it keeps the value, in this case it also happens to be a 1.
If you add an OTHER to your format it will resolve as expected. This is VALUE, not INVALUE.
proc format ;
value product 2, 3='1' other='0';
run;
data have;
infile cards;
input test;
cards;
1
2
3
;
run;
data want;
set have;
where put(test, product.)='1';
format test product.;
run;
proc print data=want;
run;
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