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J_T1
Calcite | Level 5

Hi all,

 

I'm having trouble figuring out the syntax for a nested (or multiway) IF function is SAS EG

 

I have two conditions I want to meet before I assign a new value to a column.

 

eg.

 

data out;

set in;

 

IF state = 'qld' AND city LIKE 'bne%'

 

then column_one = 'OK'

 

run;

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you

 

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Reeza
Super User

city LIKE 'bne%'

 

Like isn't valid in data steps. Since it looks like you're checking for text that starts with 'bne' you can either try 

 

city =: 'bne'

 

Or you could extract the first three characters using SUBSTR() and check if it equals bne. 

 


@J_T1 wrote:

Hi all,

 

I'm having trouble figuring out the syntax for a nested (or multiway) IF function is SAS EG

 

I have two conditions I want to meet before I assign a new value to a column.

 

eg.

 

data out;

set in;

 

IF state = 'qld' AND city LIKE 'bne%'

 

then column_one = 'OK'

 

run;

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you

 


 

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Reeza
Super User

city LIKE 'bne%'

 

Like isn't valid in data steps. Since it looks like you're checking for text that starts with 'bne' you can either try 

 

city =: 'bne'

 

Or you could extract the first three characters using SUBSTR() and check if it equals bne. 

 


@J_T1 wrote:

Hi all,

 

I'm having trouble figuring out the syntax for a nested (or multiway) IF function is SAS EG

 

I have two conditions I want to meet before I assign a new value to a column.

 

eg.

 

data out;

set in;

 

IF state = 'qld' AND city LIKE 'bne%'

 

then column_one = 'OK'

 

run;

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you

 


 

kiranv_
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

 As @Reeza informed like cannot be used in datastep and showed how to get the same  in datastep

 

below is example for  same.

 

http://support.sas.com/kb/43/303.html

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