Trying to create dummy variables using arrays and I keep getting an 'array subscript out of range' error message. Can anyone help with what i'm doing wrong?
DATA WR16; SET final16;
Array race {10} R1_1-R1_10; Do i=1-10;
If race {i} = 'R1' then AIAN =1;
If race {i} = 'R2' then Asian =1;
If race {i} = 'R3' then Black =1;
If race {i} = 'R4' then NHPI =1;
If race {i} = 'R5' then White =1;
If race {i} = 'R9' then Other =1;
end;
run;
Correction: Do i=1 to 10;
DATA WR16; SET final16;
Array race {10} R1_1-R1_10;
Do i=1 to 10;
If race {i} = 'R1' then AIAN =1;
If race {i} = 'R2' then Asian =1;
If race {i} = 'R3' then Black =1;
If race {i} = 'R4' then NHPI =1;
If race {i} = 'R5' then White =1;
If race {i} = 'R9' then Other =1;
end;
run;
Correction: Do i=1 to 10;
DATA WR16; SET final16;
Array race {10} R1_1-R1_10;
Do i=1 to 10;
If race {i} = 'R1' then AIAN =1;
If race {i} = 'R2' then Asian =1;
If race {i} = 'R3' then Black =1;
If race {i} = 'R4' then NHPI =1;
If race {i} = 'R5' then White =1;
If race {i} = 'R9' then Other =1;
end;
run;
Thank you @novinosrin ,its amazing how such a tiny mistake in coding could matter a lot.
You might consider instead of
If race {i} = 'R1' then AIAN =1;
using
AIAN = (race [I] = 'R1');
which will have 0 values when not true.
Then MEAN of AIAN will be the decimal percentage of AIAN in the data set and you may find other uses as well.
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