About Ranuni function

[ChuksManuel]

Hello programmers,

I have a dataset in which only the year of death relative to baseline (not the actual days till death ) is provided.

For example. If yrofdeath=1, the person died in year 0-1 (within 365  days);

                     if yrofdeath=2, the person died in year 1-2 (days 366-730)

                      If yrofdeath=3, the person died in year 2-3(731 -1096)

I want to use a rauni function to assign the number of days until death based off the given yrofdeath in the dataset and to round it up using the round function. I have read papers and texts on ranuni but i have no idea how to approach this particular problem. How can i convert 0-1 to 0-365? I know for yrofdeath 2 and 3, i also have to add 365 and 730 respectively. How do i do this?

data one;
input site id yrofdeath cause;
datalines; 
3 1 2 195 
3 19 3 414 
3 26 2 431 
3 27 2 414 
3 29 1 414 
3 40 2 414 
3 42 3 188 
3 52 1 557 
3 55 3 429 
3 56 2 153 
3 56 2 153 
3 59 3   
3 67 2 496 
3 79 2 414 
3 80 3 440 
3 81 2 157 
3 82 2 199 
3 94 1 414 
3 95 1 414 
3 99 2 436 
3 105 1 507 
3 119 2 153 
3 127 1 414 
3 143 3 599 
3 145 3 410 
3 158 2 162 
3 165 1 496 
3 172 1 414 
3 177 3 481 
3 188 3 174 
3 199 3 414 
3 202 2 414 
3 203 1 185 
3 203 1 185 
3 211 3 518 
3 220 2 153 
3 223 2 154 
3 226 1 414 
3 233 2 429 
3 243 3 402 
3 251 1 145 
3 266 3 162 
3 269 3 429 
3 271 3 410 
3 274 3 414 
3 281 1 518 
3 289 3 575 
3 296 2 496 
; run;

[PeterClemmensen · Accepted solution]

I don't think you have to use Ranuni here. Simply do

data Two;
   set One;
   dayofdeath=(yrofdeath-1)*365+rand('integer', 1, 365);
run;

[koyelghosh]

@PeterClemmensen Your solution is superior as it will work for any year of death and not restricted to 1, 2 and 3. Simple and elegant solution.

[PeterClemmensen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[ChuksManuel]

Thank you very much!

[koyelghosh]

DATA Processed;
	Set One;
	IF YrOfDeath = 1 THEN DateDeath = RAND("integer",0,365);
	ELSE IF YrOfDeath = 2 THEN DateDeath = RAND("integer",366,730);
	ELSE DateDeath = RAND("integer",731, 1095);
RUN;

[ChuksManuel]

Thank you very much for the solution!