Hi i want to create observation GENDER in a row above characteristic how do i do that.
thanks in advance
data want; input characteristic $ ; datalines; F M ; run;
Is this in an existing data set or are you creating set from scratch?
If the later then
Since "characteristic" seems to be a variable (column) name, you can't add a row "above" it.
To clarify, post your example data in a data step, or use a sashelp dataset to illustrate your issue.
You have a dataset so what are you trying to do?
Customize a report layout is my guess and there are probably better ways to do this - a label for the variable is one way to start off.
Do you want to insert a row or simply rename the variable? If it's the latter, then (assuming you dataset is called have), when opening the dataset simply use something like:
set have (rename=(characteristic=gender);
Otherwise, if you really want to insert a row, you may first have to use a length statement (before the set statement) and then include code (after the set statement):
data want; length characteristic $6; set have; if characteristic='F' then do; hold=characteristic; characteristic='Gender'; output; characteristic=hold; output; end; else output; run;
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