For a where-statement, where I need to extract entries from three different months, should it work to use this?
&last_updated_month" EQ "&month1" | "month2" | "&month3"
Or, must I use this more convoluted version?
(&last_updated_month" EQ "&month1") OR (&last_updated_month" EQ "month2") OR (&last_updated_month" EQ"&month3")
Sorry about the simple case question, but I don't have access to a historical data set to test it on now.
Thanks.
A simple way to do this (subject to the answer to Patrick's question) is to use the IN operator:
WHERE &last_updated_month IN ("&month1", "month2", "&month3")
which should boil down to doing exactly the same as your second syntax suggestion. The first suggestion whilst it would be nice is not supported in SAS data steps
Where is the WHERE used?
In a datastep, procs sql, other proc?
As a statement or dataset option?
A simple way to do this (subject to the answer to Patrick's question) is to use the IN operator:
WHERE &last_updated_month IN ("&month1", "month2", "&month3")
which should boil down to doing exactly the same as your second syntax suggestion. The first suggestion whilst it would be nice is not supported in SAS data steps
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