Combining in an if statement both "and" and "or"

[Dim13]

Hello everybody,

I wanted to ask if I can combine in one command both an "and" and multiple "or" statements - or the opposite.  For example something like:

if var1=5 and (var2=2 or var2=4 or var2=5) then var3=20;

thank you very much,

Dimitrios

[sbxkoenk · Accepted solution]

Of course, you can. Why not?

For example :

data _NULL_;
 set sashelp.class;
 if Sex='M' AND (Age > 20 OR Height > 70 OR Weight > 100) then put 'HIT'; 
 else put 'No HIT';
run;

Mind De Morgan's laws when combining AND's , OR's and NOT.

Koen

[Dim13]

....... strangely enough my "question code" worked as well....!!!! thank you for the reply though.

[Astounding]

An alternative that might make this more readable:

if var1=5 and var2 in (2, 4, 5) then var3=20;

[Dim13]

thank you