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Tushar
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi maybe its silly question still i want to know,

I have dataset called test having variable name with value abc so now i want to change the value from abc to xyz using only datastep and no proc. How can i do that.

i have below one (one observation and one variable only)

name         

====

abc

and i want below one using only datastep no proc how can i do that?

name

====

xyz


Regrads,

Tushar J

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Reeza
Super User

you probably have more conditions, but since you haven't stated them the following does what you'd want...

data test2;

set test;

name="xyz";

run;

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Reeza
Super User

you probably have more conditions, but since you haven't stated them the following does what you'd want...

data test2;

set test;

name="xyz";

run;

barheat
Fluorite | Level 6

If you have a number of records you may want to change the name only when it is abc.

data test2;

  set test;

  if name='abc' then name='xyz';

run;

Tushar
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks Reeza and barheat  it worked.

Regards,

Tushar Jagtap

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