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knveraraju91
Barite | Level 11

Dear,

 I come across a data step with where statement in set statement. The output in dataset two should have only one obs. But it has two obs. Why where statement is not working as "IF" statement . Thank you


data one; length ONE $10; input ONE $ TWO; datalines; Completed 1 un 2 ; data two; set one(where=(upcase(one)^='Completed')); run;
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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Correction:

data one;
length ONE $10;
input ONE $ TWO;
datalines;
Completed  1
un 2
;
data two;
set one(where=(upcase(one)^='COMPLETED'));
run;

/*or*/

data one;
length ONE $10;
input ONE $ TWO;
datalines;
Completed 1
un 2
;
data two;
set one(where=((one)^='Completed'));
run;
Reeza
Super User
set one(where=(upcase(one)^='Completed'));

You upcased the variable but didn't upcase the word 'completed'. 

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