Does anyone have a nice solution on how to multiply every first position with 2 and every second position with 1?
Please see example below.
%macro Check;
data Check;
set sashelp.Margarin (keep= HouseID);
HouseIDtxt=put(HouseId,7.0);
%do i= 1 %to 7;
HousIDPosition&i=substr(HouseIDtxt,&i,1);
%end;
run;
%mend Check;
%Check
Every time &i
is odd I want HousIDPosition&i
to be multiplied by 2 and every time &i
is even I want it multiplied by 1.
Use the Mod Function in %Sysfunc. See if you can use this as a template.
%macro m;
%do i = 1 %to 10;
%if %sysfunc(mod(&i, 2)) = 0 %then %put &i. is even!;
%else %put &i. is odd!;
%end;
%mend;
%m
Use the Mod Function in %Sysfunc. See if you can use this as a template.
%macro m;
%do i = 1 %to 10;
%if %sysfunc(mod(&i, 2)) = 0 %then %put &i. is even!;
%else %put &i. is odd!;
%end;
%mend;
%m
Btw, here is my final code:
%macro Check;
data Check;
set sashelp.Margarin (keep= HouseID);
HouseIDtxt=put(HouseId,7.0);
%do i= 1 %to 7;
%if %sysfunc(mod(&i, 2)) = 0 %then %do;
HousIDPositionMult&i= substr(HouseIDtxt,&i,1)*1;
%end;
%else %do;
HousIDPositionMult&i= substr(HouseIDtxt,&i,1)*2;
%end;
%end;
run;
%mend Check;
%Check
Instead of a macro you could use an array in the data step:
data check(drop=i);
set sashelp.Margarin(keep=HouseID);
array HousIDPositionMult[7];
do i=1 to 7;
HousIDPositionMult[i]=mod(int(HouseID/10**(7-i)),10)*(mod(i,2)+1);
end;
run;
This would also avoid the unwanted notes "Character values have been converted to numeric values ..." in the log as it multiplies numbers, not character strings.
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