else if tanner = '2' or tanner = '3' then pubertal = 0;
else if tanner in ('2', '3') then pubertal=0;
ELSE statement has too many THEN portions.
Two options above for working on this are options you can use.
EDIT:
If numeric, your code should be:
libname hw5'\\apporto.com\dfs\GWU\Users\kennedyhinnant_gwu\Documents\Assignment 5';
data bone;
set hw5.bone (where =(sex=1));
age = (dov-dob)/365.25;
if tanner in (1, 2, 3) then pubertal = 0;
else if tanner in (4, 5) then pubertal = 1;
run;
Notes:
@MisterJenn wrote:
I am trying to figure out what I did wrong. I used the if, then statements to create a new variable "pubertal".
libname hw5'\\apporto.com\dfs\GWU\Users\kennedyhinnant_gwu\Documents\Assignment 5';
data bone;
set hw5.bone (where =(sex=1));
age = (dov-dob)/365.25;
if tanner = '1' then pubertal = 0;
else if tanner = '2' then pubertal = 0 or tanner = '3' then pubertal = 0;
if tanner = '4' then pubertal = 1;
else if tanner = '5' then pubertal = 1;
run;
78 libname hw5'\\apporto.com\dfs\GWU\Users\kennedyhinnant_gwu\Documents\Assignment 5';
NOTE: Libref HW5 was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: V9
Physical Name: \\apporto.com\dfs\GWU\Users\kennedyhinnant_gwu\Documents\Assignment 5
79 data bone;
80 set hw5.bone (where =(sex=1));
81 age = (dov-dob)/365.25;
82 if tanner = '1' then pubertal = 0;
83 else if tanner = '2' then pubertal = 0 or tanner = '3' then pubertal = 0;
----
388
202
ERROR 388-185: Expecting an arithmetic operator.
ERROR 202-322: The option or parameter is not recognized and will be ignored.
84 if tanner = '4' then pubertal = 1;
85 else if tanner = '5' then pubertal = 1;
86 run;
NOTE: Character values have been converted to numeric values at the places given by: (Line):(Column).
82:13 83:18 83:52 84:13 85:18
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.BONE may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 11 variables.
WARNING: Data set WORK.BONE was not replaced because this step was stopped.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.03 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds