Hello,
I have the following code. In the gender dataset created Sex variable is still being outputted as 1 or 2 instead of being Male /Female.
genderkey is a charecter variable
Please suggest me if i went wrong?
data test1(rename=(genderkey=start name=label));
set gender_dataset(keep=genderkey name);
fmtname='genderfmt';
run;
proc format cntlin=test1;run;
START LABEL FMTNAME
1 Female genderfmt
2 Male genderfmt
data gender;
set have;
Sex=put(genderkey,genderfmt.);
run;
Hi,
I assume from what you have given that SEX is numeric, hence it will not map to the character format created by the read in. In test 1, convert genderkey to a number then it will create a number when read in as format. Currently 1 != "1". What you want is something like:
proc format;
value genderfmt
1="Female"
2="Male";
run;
data gender;
genderkey=1;
Sex=put(genderkey,genderfmt.);
run;
Try
data test1;
set gender_dataset;
start = input(genderkey, best.);
label = name;
fmtname = 'genderfmt';
keep start label fmtname;
run;
proc format cntlin=test1; run;
data gender;
set have;
Sex = put(genderkey, genderfmt.);
run;
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