Filtering record with ASCII character

[chee154]

Hello,

Trying to load in data via INFILE and then create a new logical column. However, if my data contains ASCII characters (ex. ">", "-") I'm trying to filter on, I don't think SAS is reading it. For example, 

dataset =

(Toyota, 35000, >12)

(Toyota, 40000, 12)

data car;
infile 'file path.csv'
input Car $ Miles Group $; 
if Group = >12 then NewColumn = "a";
if Group = 12 then NewColumn "b";
run;

Expectation:

(Toyota, 35000, >12, a)

(Toyota, 40000, 12, b)

Results:

(Toyota, 35000, >12, )

(Toyota, 40000, 12, a)

Can someone help explain this, been reading on character comparisons but not much describes how to handle these operations... Thanks! 

[andreas_lds · Accepted solution]

When comparing strings you have to enclose values in quotes. Try:

if Group = ">12" then NewColumn = "a";
if Group = "12" then NewColumn "b";

[Kurt_Bremser]

Read the log. It will point you to the issue noted by @andreas_lds.

[Kurt_Bremser]

I moved the question to the Programming community.