Some simple counting help

[deleted_user]

Hello. I am trying to group traffic crash injury severity into a new variable.

Basically, my current severity variable is coded as:
'0'= no injury
'1'=minor injury
'2'=moderat injury
'3'=major injury
'4'=major injury unconcious
'5'=fatal injury

Now, I want to determine a way to group these as follows:

New Variable, coded either 'A','B','C','D','None', where:

A= anything from original code that was found in '1','2','3','4','5'
B='2','3','4','5'
C='3','4','5'
D='5'
None='0'

Is there a way to recode the original variable, say it's called INJ (coded '0','1','2','3','4','5'), to the new variable, say INJGRP(coded 'A','B','C','D','None')

Thanks to anyone that can provide me with some help

[sbb]

A DATA step SELECT/WHEN/OTHERWISE/END construct would be suitable. Also, for less DATA step coding, consider using a SAS PROC FORMAT and a PUT function in a DATA step to map your data values to a higher-level grouping.

You will find DOC and technical paper references at the SAS support website http://support.sas.com/ or with the Google advanced search argument below:

proc format put function site:sas.com

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

[deleted_user]

thanks for the help. Would this coding allow me to re-analyze the new variable, for ex/

in INJGRP=A then, else INJGRP=B etc...

[sbb]

Have a look at the DOC. Here are two examples:

select(injgrp);
when('A','B','C') some_other_var = '1';
when('D','E') some_other_var = '2';
otherwise do;
putlog '>diag99> No match found for ' injgrp=;
end;
end;

select;
when( injgrp in ('A','B','C') ) some_other_var = '1';
when( injgrp in ('D','E') ) some_other_var = '2';
* with no otherwise, SAS will generate error on no-match. ;
end;


Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.