Hi
I am trying to get a data set (New) with a new column (col_new) created by little calculation in proc sql. I am using two existing data sets (have1 and have2) and doing the calculation for the observations where year and month of date columns (date1 and date2) are matched. Below is the code:
proc sql;
create table New
as select a.*, round((a. col1*a. col2)/b. col3, 1) as col_new
from have1 as a, have2 as b
where year(a. date1) = year(b. date2) and month(a. date1) = month(b. date2);
quit;
This code works well and gives no error. But I want to make sure that is it fine to mention "a" and "b" with dates inside the parenthesis i.e. year (a. date1) or month (b. date2)? Or it should be written as below:
where a. year(date1) = b. year(date2) and a. month(date1) = b. month(date2);
Please guide me in this regard. Thanks
The correct way to use the date functions such as YEAR or MONTH is almost as you have it in the first bit of code:
where year(a.date1) = year(b.date2) and month(a.date1) = month(b.date2);
HOWEVER you cannot have spaces between the alias (a. b. references) and the variable name.
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The correct way to use the date functions such as YEAR or MONTH is almost as you have it in the first bit of code:
where year(a.date1) = year(b.date2) and month(a.date1) = month(b.date2);
HOWEVER you cannot have spaces between the alias (a. b. references) and the variable name.
.
@ballardw That is great. Thank you so much for the guidance. As far as the space b/w a. b. references and variable names is concerned, I guess this has to do something with my SAS program settings because these references change color (i.e. turn green) only when I give a space, otherwise their font color remains unchanged (i.e. black). Anyhow, I will still give it a try without any space.
Thanks
The green color tells you that SAS considers the name a. or b. as a format name.
@PGStats Right. But for me these a. and b. turn green only when I give a space between them and variable name (the way i have shown in the code above). Is it ok?
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