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chimei0403
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi Sas Users,

I need a quick advice.

How should I use the SAS code to replace the value of gender2 to gender variable if the information in gender variable is missing.

Thank you!

data have;
format id $1. gender $1. gender2 $1.;
input @1 ID
@ 3 GENDER
@ 6 GENDER2;
DATALINES;
1 f .
2 . m
3 m .
4 . f
;
run;
2 REPLIES 2
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
    set have;
    gender=coalescec(gender,gender2);
run;
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Paige Miller
chimei0403
Obsidian | Level 7
Thank you soooo much!!

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