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kaufjd01
Calcite | Level 5

Agriculture data set. Need to rename all similar pens 1 and 3 into treatment = A and rename all similar pens 2 and 4 into treatment = B. Treatment would be a new column. How do I setup up this code? It seems like it would be simple, but I am struggling. Thanks!

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Reeza
Super User
data want;
set have;

if PEN in (1,3) then Treatment = 'A';
else if PEN in (2, 4) then Treatment = 'B';

run;

@kaufjd01 wrote:

Agriculture data set. Need to rename all similar pens 1 and 3 into treatment = A and rename all similar pens 2 and 4 into treatment = B. Treatment would be a new column. How do I setup up this code? It seems like it would be simple, but I am struggling. Thanks!

Pen
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Reeza
Super User
data want;
set have;

if PEN in (1,3) then Treatment = 'A';
else if PEN in (2, 4) then Treatment = 'B';

run;

@kaufjd01 wrote:

Agriculture data set. Need to rename all similar pens 1 and 3 into treatment = A and rename all similar pens 2 and 4 into treatment = B. Treatment would be a new column. How do I setup up this code? It seems like it would be simple, but I am struggling. Thanks!

Pen
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
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3
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kaufjd01
Calcite | Level 5

Thanks @Reeza that worked for me! I was missing the 'in' and parantheses.

Best!

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