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Ronein
Onyx | Level 15

Hello

The calculated column concantenate is not calculated well.

For example:

For first row value should be

M6=2211,M5=2210,M4=2209,M3=2208,M2=2207,M1=2206

But I get value-

M6=2211,M5=2211,M4=2211,M3=2211,M2=2211,M1=2211

Why did it happen?

 

data Want2(Keep=i M6 M5 M4 M3 M2 M1 _M6_  _M5_ _M4_ _M3_ _M2_ _M1_ caoncantenate);
startdate="01NOV2022"d;
do i = 0 to 58;
M6=intnx('month',startdate,-i);
M5=intnx('month',M6,-1);
M4=intnx('month',M6,-2);
M3=intnx('month',M6,-3);
M2=intnx('month',M6,-4);
M1=intnx('month',M6,-5);
_M6_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M5_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M4_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M3_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M2_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M1_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
format M6 M5 M4 M3 M2 M1 YYMMn4.;
concantenate=CAT("M6=",_M6_," ,M5=",_M5_," ,M4=",_M4_," ,M3=",_M3_," ,M2=",_M2_," ,M1=",_M1_);/***Why is it not working well???***/
output;
end;
Run;
 

 

 

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yabwon
Amethyst | Level 16

you are applying format to the same variable, should be:

_M6_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M5_=put(M5,yymmn4.);
...

 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Incorrect spelling.

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yabwon
Amethyst | Level 16

you are applying format to the same variable, should be:

_M6_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M5_=put(M5,yymmn4.);
...

 

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"SAS Packages: the way to share" at SGF2020 Proceedings (the latest version), GitHub Repository, and YouTube Video.
Hands-on-Workshop: "Share your code with SAS Packages"
"My First SAS Package: A How-To" at SGF2021 Proceedings

SAS Ballot Ideas: one: SPF in SAS, two, and three
SAS Documentation



ballardw
Super User

Did you look at your code:

_M6_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M5_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M4_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M3_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M2_=put(M6,yymmn4.);
_M1_=put(M6,yymmn4.);

PUT the same variable 6 times and you get the same value 6 times.

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