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anthony28852
Fluorite | Level 6

I have a Proc Report that goes like this

 

Proc Report Data=Table1;

Column A B C;

compute A;

   if B eq 0 then call define(_col_,"style","style={font_weight=bold}");

endcomp;

Run;

 

However, it doesn't work. 

 

The log says that B is uninitialized. Is there a way to solve it? Thanks before.

 

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Ksharp
Super User
proc report is from left to right .

compute A;
---->
compute B;
or
compute C;
anthony28852
Fluorite | Level 6
Sorry, I don't think I get the point. So how do I compute/set variable A based on Variable B? Thanks.
andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

proc reports reads the variable from left to right, when computing A, B has no value. You have to clone B:

 

Proc Report Data=Table1;
  columns B=_B A B C;

  define _b / noprint;

  compute A;
     if _b eq 0 then call define(_col_,"style","style={font_weight=bold}");
  endcomp;
run;
Ksharp
Super User
compute block is calculated from left to right.
So when you compute it at A , SAS can't know the value of B, because B is after A.
Change :
compute A;
---->
compute B;
or
compute C;

anthony28852
Fluorite | Level 6

I try to do like below (re-arranging the column)

 

Proc Report Data=Table1;

Column B A C;

compute A:

   if B eq 0 then call define(_col_,"style","style={font_weight=bold}");

endcomp;

Run;

 

And still unsuccesful, can you let me know what did I miss out? Thanks.

Ksharp
Super User
You are defining  _COL_ ,so you can only highlight A not B.
Change it as 

compute B:
Cynthia_sas
Diamond | Level 26

Hi: for a concrete example of how PROC REPORT works, review this related posting:

http://communities.sas.com/t5/Base-SAS-Programming/PROC-REPORT-SAS-log-reporting-dataset-variables-a...

 

It has some pseudo-code examples of PROC REPORT's left-to-right processing and how a COMPOUND name has to be used for numeric variables.

 

cynthia

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