Proc report

[Shawn08]

Hi,

I have a dataset composed of 1 character (name) and 3 numeric variables (a b N_obs). I want to change a and b values to N/A if N_obs is lower than 10 and name = "X".

Here is my code:

proc report nowd data = data;
		column (name a b);
		define name / display "Name";
		define a / display "A";
		define B / display "B";
		compute A;
			if name = "X" and N_obs <= 10 then A = "N/A";
		endcomp;
		compute B;
			if name = "X" and N_obs <= 10 then B = "N/A";
		endcomp;
	%end;
run;

Yet, if name = X and N_obs <= 10 then it gives me A and B = .

I guess this is because A and B are numeric variables. But, would there be a way to replace by N/A instead of .?

Thank you in advance

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

You can't give a character value to a numeric variable. You ought to assign a format to A and B when they are missing, and the format should make the missing appear as "N/A".

I think another problem is that n_obs is not listed in the COLUMNS statement.

UNTESTED CODE

proc format;
    value myfmt .='N/A' ;
run;
proc report nowd data = data;
		column (name n_obs a b);
		define name / display "Name";
                define n_obs/display noprint;
		define a / display "A" format=myfmt.;
		define B / display "B" format=myfmt.;
		compute A;
			if name = "X" and N_obs <= 10 then A = .;
		endcomp;
		compute B;
			if name = "X" and N_obs <= 10 then B = .;
		endcomp;
	%end;
run;

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
You CANNOT test N_OBS if it is not on the COLUMN statement -- PROC REPORT only has visibility of the variables on the COLUMN statement -- it has NO visibility of variables in the data set. If you want to use a variable, but not show the variable, then you use the NOPRINT option on the DEFINE statement.

Also, the placement of your %end is troublesome because this implies that there is more to your code than you're showing.

Also, since NAME is to the left of A and B in the COLUMN statement, you can test NAME in the COMPUTE blocks, but you cannot test N_OBS unless it were also to the LEFT of A and B:
column name n_obs a b;

And, if N_OBS is numeric, which your code implies, then N_OBS would have to also have a usage of DISPLAY in the DEFINE statement in order for your existing code to work.

Without data, no one can run your code. And with the %end there, your code would cause an error message anyway. And, I completely missed that A and B were numeric...you'll have to make that change with a user defined format and a CALL DEFINE statement.

Cynthia

[ballardw]

Why is there an %END statement in there?