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PharmlyDoc
Quartz | Level 8

I would like to see if multiple columns all contain '0' without having to use multiple 'AND' Statements.

It would ultimately be used within a CASE WHEN statement. 

 

Proc SQL;
select
PAT_ID,
COL2, COL3, COL4, COL5, COL6, COL7,
CASE WHEN ((COL3 = 0) AND (COL4=0) AND (COL5=0) AND (COL6=0) AND (COL7=0)) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ZEROS
FROM data;
quit;
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Reeza
Super User

Mathematical logic alternatives

 

  • Max of the series = Min of the series = 0
  • Range =0 and any value = 0
  • Add values and check if sum is 0
  • Use WHICHN to search for 1, if the alternative values are 1. If they're something else this option doesn't work

The third option is probably the easiest. If you run into floating point errors you may want to use a ROUND to ensure it doesn't happen or FUZZ but the idea is as follows:

 

CASE WHEN sum(col3, col4, col5, col6, col7) = 0THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ZEROS

 

 


@PharmlyDoc wrote:

I would like to see if multiple columns all contain '0' without having to use multiple 'AND' Statements.

It would ultimately be used within a CASE WHEN statement. 

 

Proc SQL;
select
PAT_ID,
COL2, COL3, COL4, COL5, COL6, COL7,
CASE WHEN ((COL3 = 0) AND (COL4=0) AND (COL5=0) AND (COL6=0) AND (COL7=0)) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ZEROS
FROM data;
quit;

 

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Reeza
Super User

Mathematical logic alternatives

 

  • Max of the series = Min of the series = 0
  • Range =0 and any value = 0
  • Add values and check if sum is 0
  • Use WHICHN to search for 1, if the alternative values are 1. If they're something else this option doesn't work

The third option is probably the easiest. If you run into floating point errors you may want to use a ROUND to ensure it doesn't happen or FUZZ but the idea is as follows:

 

CASE WHEN sum(col3, col4, col5, col6, col7) = 0THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ZEROS

 

 


@PharmlyDoc wrote:

I would like to see if multiple columns all contain '0' without having to use multiple 'AND' Statements.

It would ultimately be used within a CASE WHEN statement. 

 

Proc SQL;
select
PAT_ID,
COL2, COL3, COL4, COL5, COL6, COL7,
CASE WHEN ((COL3 = 0) AND (COL4=0) AND (COL5=0) AND (COL6=0) AND (COL7=0)) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ZEROS
FROM data;
quit;

 

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