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ttaria
Calcite | Level 5
 
 
 

Hello,

 

I was hoping someone could help me with some codes to determine the mean across positive values variables (MPOS). For example, MPOS (Year=2000)= avg (var1+var4)

MPOS (Year=2001)= avg (var2+var3)

MPOS (Year=2002)= avg (var1+var2)

......

Year

Var1

Var2

Var3

Var4

MPOS

2000

23

-10

-5

22

22.5

2001

-1

10

33

-20

21.5

2002

10

20

-30

-10

15

2003

20

-10

10

-10

15

2004

8

10

3

-12

7

2005

10

-5

-23

-11

10

Thanks!
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mkeintz
PROC Star

Declare var1 through var4 as an array.  Copy only positive elements of that array to a new array.  Use the MEAN  function on that new array:

 

data have;
  input Year Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 MPOS;
datalines;
2000 23 -10  -5  22 22.5
2001 -1  10  33 -20 21.5
2002 10  20 -30 -10 15
2003 20 -10  10 -10 15
2004  8  10   3 -12  7
2005 10  -5 -23 -11 10
run;
data want (drop=_:);
  set have;
  array var {*} var1-var4;
  array _tmp {4};
  do _i=1 to dim(var);
    _tmp{_i}=ifn(var{_i}>0,var{_i},.);
  end;
  meanvar=mean(of _tmp{*});
run;
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mkeintz
PROC Star

Declare var1 through var4 as an array.  Copy only positive elements of that array to a new array.  Use the MEAN  function on that new array:

 

data have;
  input Year Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 MPOS;
datalines;
2000 23 -10  -5  22 22.5
2001 -1  10  33 -20 21.5
2002 10  20 -30 -10 15
2003 20 -10  10 -10 15
2004  8  10   3 -12  7
2005 10  -5 -23 -11 10
run;
data want (drop=_:);
  set have;
  array var {*} var1-var4;
  array _tmp {4};
  do _i=1 to dim(var);
    _tmp{_i}=ifn(var{_i}>0,var{_i},.);
  end;
  meanvar=mean(of _tmp{*});
run;
--------------------------
The hash OUTPUT method will overwrite a SAS data set, but not append. That can be costly. Consider voting for Add a HASH object method which would append a hash object to an existing SAS data set

Would enabling PROC SORT to simultaneously output multiple datasets be useful? Then vote for
Allow PROC SORT to output multiple datasets

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ttaria
Calcite | Level 5

This worked out for me.

Thank you!!

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
  input Year Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 ;
datalines;
2000 23 -10  -5  22 22.5
2001 -1  10  33 -20 21.5
2002 10  20 -30 -10 15
2003 20 -10  10 -10 15
2004  8  10   3 -12  7
2005 10  -5 -23 -11 10
run;

data want;
set have;
_count=0;
_temp=0;
array t(*) var:;
do _n_=1 to dim(t);
if t(_n_)>0 then do;_temp+t(_n_);_count+1;end;
end;
MPOS=_temp/_count;
drop _:;
run;

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