Create a new variable based on values

[Sam1010]

I have a data set below:

Patient ID	Drug 1	Drug 2	Drug 3	Drug 4	Drug 5	Drug 6	Drug 7
1	Statin	Statin	BB		ACEI		Statin
2		BB		BB	BB
3	Statin		BB			BB
4	ACEI	Statin		ACEI			ACEI
5		ACEI	BB
6	Statin			Statin		Statin
7	BB

 How do I create another variable (Total med) where:

If Statin and BB and ACEI are in at least one of the 7 columns, then Total Med = Triple

If ONLY Statin and BB are in at least one of 7 columns, then Total Med = Double_SB

If ONLY Statin and ACEI are in at least one of 7 columns, then Total Med = Double_SA

If ONLY Statin appeared in at least one of 7 columns, then Total Med = Statin alone

If ONLY BB appeared in at least one of 7 columns, then Total Med = BB alone

If ONLY ACEI appeared in at least one of 7 columns, then Total Med = ACEI alone

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

Something like this in a data step

data want;
    set have;
    length totalmed $ 15;
    /* If Statin and BB and ACEI are in at least one of the 7 columns, then Total Med = Triple */
    if whichc('Statin',of drug:)>0 and whichc('BB',of drug:)>0 and whichc('ACEI',of drug:)>0 then totalmed='Triple';
    /* If ONLY Statin and BB are in at least one of 7 columns, then Total Med = Double_SB */
    if whichc('Statin',of drug:)>0 and whichc('BB',of drug:)>0 and whichc('ACEI',of drug:)=0 then totalmed='Double_SB';
    /* You type the rest */
run;
    

[Sam1010]

Thank you @PaigeMiller

[FreelanceReinh]

Hello @Sam1010 and welcome to the SAS Support Communities!

So, basically, each of the possible combinations of the three drug classes corresponds to one value of the new variable. Then I would also define the cases "none of the three" and "only ACEI and BB" (the latter occurs for patient no. 5; how about denoting this combination as "Double_AB"?) and use the CHOOSEC function:

data have;
input Patient_ID (Drug1-Drug7) ($);
cards;
1 Statin Statin BB . ACEI . Statin
2 . BB . BB BB . . 
3 Statin . BB . . BB . 
4 ACEI Statin . ACEI . . ACEI 
5 . ACEI BB . . . . 
6 Statin . . Statin . Statin . 
7 BB . . . . . .
;

data want;
set have;
array d[*] drug:;
length Total_Med $12;
Total_Med=choosec(1 + ('ACEI' in d) + 2*('BB' in d) + 4*('Statin' in d),
                  ' ','ACEI alone','BB alone','Double_AB???','Statin alone','Double_SA','Double_SB','Triple');
run;

The first argument of the CHOOSEC function is a number in {1, 2, ..., 8} and uniquely determines the combination (remember the binary number system). The subsequent strings describe these combinations.