Need to change value of variable in datastep only..

[Tushar]

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

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

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]

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]

Thanks Reeza and barheat  it worked.

Regards,

Tushar Jagtap