Good morning,
i have a data like this
| ANTIBIOTIC | |
| ANTIBIOTIC | Frequency |
| AZITHROMYCIN | 1 |
| CEFTRIAXONE/AZITHROMYCIN | 3 |
| DOXYCYCLINE | 3 |
| FLUCONAZOLE | 1 |
| METRONIDAZOLE | 1 |
| UNKNOWN | 1 |
I coded like this:
DATA AprilNin.MERGE_April2019_E;
SET AprilNin.MERGE_April2019_D;
IF ANTIBIOTIC = "CEFTRIAXONE" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "04";
ELSE IF UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "AZ" OR UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "ZI" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "11";
ELSE IF UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "CEFTRIAXONE/AZITHROMYCIN" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "11";
ELSE IF UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "DO" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "09";
ELSE IF ANTIBIOTIC = "0" THEN ANTIBIOT_NAME = "00";
ELSE IF ANTIBIOTIC="" THEN ANTIBIOT_NAME="00";
ELSE ANTIBIOT_NAME="77";
RUN;
/*CHECKING TO SEE IF THE CODE ABOVE WORKED*/
PROC FREQ DATA=AprilNin.MERGE_April2019_E;
TABLE ANTIBIOT_NAME/NOROW NOCOL NOPERCENT;
RUN;
and the result shows:
| ANTIBIOT_NAME | Frequency |
| 9 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 |
| 77 | 3 |
Why am i not getting Ceftriaxone (04) in the result table?
The CEFTRIAXONE is getting counted under the ANTIBIOT_NAME = "11" due to the if condition UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "CEFTRIAXONE/AZITHROMYCIN" . Inorder to get the ANTIBIOT_NAME = "04", you need to have the ANTIBIOTIC = "CEFTRIAXONE" only. But seems like the data does not have it. Please check.
Could you please try the below code if it is the one you are expecting
data have;
input ANTIBIOTIC &:$100.;
cards;
AZITHROMYCIN
CEFTRIAXONE/AZITHROMYCIN
DOXYCYCLINE
FLUCONAZOLE
METRONIDAZOLE
UNKNOWN
;
data want(rename=(newvar=ANTIBIOTIC));
set have;
do i = 1 to countw(ANTIBIOTIC,'/');
newvar=scan(ANTIBIOTIC,i,'/');
output;
end;
drop ANTIBIOTIC;
run;
data want2;
set want;
IF ANTIBIOTIC = "CEFTRIAXONE" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "04";
ELSE IF UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "AZ" OR UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "ZI" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "11";
ELSE IF UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "CEFTRIAXONE/AZITHROMYCIN" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "11";
ELSE IF UPCASE(ANTIBIOTIC) =: "DO" then ANTIBIOT_NAME = "09";
ELSE IF ANTIBIOTIC = "0" THEN ANTIBIOT_NAME = "00";
ELSE IF ANTIBIOTIC="" THEN ANTIBIOT_NAME="00";
ELSE ANTIBIOT_NAME="77";
run;
PROC FREQ DATA=want2;
TABLE ANTIBIOT_NAME/NOROW NOCOL NOPERCENT;
RUN;
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