Hello
I am trying to use INTNX function to get one day after date in start column.
Why am I getting null value ?(In following statement:
OneDay_after_start=INTNX ('day', start, 1);
Data tbl1;
informat start date9. end date9.;
format start date9. end date9.;
input mon start end;
cards;
1812 '21DEC2018'd '21Jan2019'd
1901 '22Jan2019'd '21Feb2019'd
1902 '22Feb2019'd '21Mar2019'd
;
run;
data tbl2;
set tbl1 end=eof;
if eof then output;
OneDay_after_start=INTNX ('day', start, 1);
call symput('xxx1',start);
call symput('xxx2',put(start,date9.));
call symput('xxx3',"'"||put(start,date9.)||"'d");
call symput('www1',OneDay_after_start);
call symput('www2',put(OneDay_after_start,date9.));
call symput('www3',"'"||put(OneDay_after_start,date9.)||"'d");
run;
%put &xxx1.;/*21602*/
%put &xxx2.;/*22FEB2019*/
%put &xxx3.;/*'22FEB2019'dt*/
%put &www1.;/*21603*/
%put &www2.;/*23FEB2019*/
%put &www3.;/*'23FEB2019'dt*/
To get the next day date you do
tomorrow = toady +1;
Sas date counts days from 01JAN1960 as zero. You don't need INTNX function.
Hi @Ronein
To your why-
"Hello
I am trying to use INTNX function to get one day after date in start column.
Why am I getting null value ?(In following statement:
OneDay_after_start=INTNX ('day', start, 1);"
Move your
OneDay_after_start=INTNX ('day', start, 1);
Before
if eof then output;
See the below
data tbl2;
set tbl1 end=eof;
OneDay_after_start=INTNX ('day', start, 1);
if eof then output;
/*OneDay_after_start=INTNX ('day', start, 1);*/
call symput('xxx1',start);
call symput('xxx2',put(start,date9.));
call symput('xxx3',"'"||put(start,date9.)||"'d");
call symput('www1',OneDay_after_start);
call symput('www2',put(OneDay_after_start,date9.));
call symput('www3',"'"||put(OneDay_after_start,date9.)||"'d");
run;
Your only output in this data step happens BEFORE any calculation takes place, therefore all new variables not contained in tbl1 will still be missing.
Also,
1. Use call symputx() for numeric variables to avoid messages in the log.
call symputx('xxx1',START);
2. Your code is more efficient if you do nothing unless required to:
data TBL2;
set TBL1 end=EOF;
if EOF ;
ONEDAY_AFTER_START=intnx('day', START, 1);
call symputx()...
run;
3. For even more efficiency and if the table is large, fetch the number of observations and use option FIRSTOBS=
data _null_;
call symputx('nobs',NOBS);
stop;
if 0 then set TBL1 nobs=NOBS;
run;
data TBL2;
set TBL1 (firstobs=&nobs.);
ONEDAY_AFTER_START=intnx('day', START, 1);
call symputx()...
run;
If SAS knows the number of observations then you could use POINT=. Just be careful not to put the data step into an infinite loop.
data x;
if _n_>1 then stop;
set sashelp.class point=nobs nobs=nobs;
run;
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