code to add and condition data variables

[jenfumi]

Hi

I'm using SAS studio (University Edition) on Mac

1) I have several variables that need to be summed together and that resulting sum displayed in summary statistics (and subsequently used for other stats).

E.x. I want to added the following 3 values together to equal "Bobby_hand_cm"

Bobby_palm _cm

Bobby_finger_cm

Bobby_nail_cm

2) How do I combine two values and use the resulting value based on a condition and resulting in a new variable?

Ex: I want to create a code where the person's smoking status (0=never smoked, 1=past smoker, 2=current smoker) is connected to  the number of packs smoked per year and equal a new variable ("smoking3")

Something like:

if  smoking status=0 then smoking3=1;

if  smoking status=1 and packs per year<20 then smokingg3=2;

if  smoking status=1 and packs per year >20 then smoking3=3;

etc, etc,

Thanks in advanced for the suggestions! ~J

[PeterClemmensen]

1) 

Bobby_hand_cm=sum(Bobby_palm _cm, Bobby_finger_cm, Bobby_nail_cm);

2)

if  smoking_status=0 then smoking3=1;
else if  smoking status=1 and packs_per_year le 20 then smokingg3=2;
else if  smoking status=1 and packs_per_year gt then smoking3=3;
else;

Show us your data if you want exact code.

[jenfumi]

@PeterClemmensen

Thanks for your help, below

_smkrstat = smoking status

_packyrs = packs per year

(there are no current smokers "2" in this subset). I want the conditional label to be "smkr3"

I guess I didn't need to include the SubID, in there just for my knowledge. Thx~J

_subID	_smkrstat	_packyrs
1	1	20
2	1	12
3	1	10
4	1	1
5	0	0
6	1	52
7	1	33
8	0	0
9	0	0
10	1	20
11	1	2
12	0	0
13	1	45
14	0	0
15	0	0
16	1	12
17	1	1
18	1	12
19	0	0
20	1	6
21	0	0
22	0	0
23	0	0
24	1	4
25	1	28
26	1	1
27	1	12
28	0	0
29	1	12
30	0	0
31	1	4
32	1	6
33	1	4
34	0	0
35	1	45
36	1	28
37	1	6
38	0	0
39	0	0
40	0	0

[art297]

I see a number of 2s in that result. The code I used was:

data want;
  set have;
  if  _smkrstat=0 then smkr3=1;
  else if  _packyrs lt 20 then smkr3=2;
  else if  _packyrs ge 20 then smkr3=3;
run;

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

[jenfumi]

@art297

Great, thanks! I'll try that

~J