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Dhana18
Obsidian | Level 7

I have a daset like this

 

IncidentIDMENSEXMaleSexPartners
110
2100
311
410
520
755
1050
1250
1350

 

I would like to copy variable from MENSEX variable to malesexpartners variable ONLY if malesexpartners's value is "0". I want my data to look like this

IncidentIDMENSEXMaleSexPartners
111
21010
311
411
522
755
1055
1255
1355

Please help me. Thank you

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Reeza
Super User
Have you tried an IF/THEN statement?
Or a CASE statement in SQL?

If so, please post the code you've tried that's not working.
Reeza
Super User
Or IFN/IFC depending on if the variable is character or numeric.
Dhana18
Obsidian | Level 7
Yes, I used if then statement and it worked. Thank you.


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