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user1942
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello experts, I'm a newbie at programming. I tried using a data step to enter in my data, but when I run the program the last column is blank even though I put values for it. The output is show below:

 

 Patient    Weight    Height    Age      BMI       Smoking     Asthma
                 14         167       70      65     23.95938    never          .
                 9            .       74      64                 never          .
                 4          165       65      25     27.45443    occasion       .
                 2          152       67      60     23.80396    heavy          .
                 13         161       70      77     23.09857    occasion       .
 
 
Here is my code
data exercise1;
input Patient $ Weight Height $ Age $ BMI $ Smoking $ Asthma;
cards;
14 167 70 65 23.9593878 never no
9 . 74 64 . never yes
4 165 65 25 27.4544379 occasionally no
2 152 67 60 23.8039652 heavy smoker yes
13 161 70 77 23.0985714 occasionally yes
1 143 64 55 24.5432129 occasionally no
7 148 71 61 20.6395556 occasionally yes
11 281 69 45 41.4919135 heavy smoker yes
5 220 70 58 31.5632653 occasionally no
6 182 64 26 31.2368164 never no
8 190 66 74 30.6634527 occasionally yes
12 . . 39 . occasionally yes
3 190 69 63 28.0550305 never no
15 148 67 53 23.1775451 never yes
10 152 65 61 25.2913609 never yes
;
title 'Smoking = Heavy Smoker';
proc print noobs;
run;
 
and here is the log:
NOTE: Invalid data for Asthma in line 166 37-38.
166        3   190 69  63  28.0550305  never   no
Patient=3 Weight=190 Height=69 Age=63 BMI=28.05503 Smoking=never Asthma=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=13
NOTE: Invalid data for Asthma in line 167 37-39.
167        15  148 67  53  23.1775451  never   yes
Patient=15 Weight=148 Height=67 Age=53 BMI=23.17754 Smoking=never Asthma=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=14
NOTE: Invalid data for Asthma in line 168 37-39.
168        10  152 65  61  25.2913609  never   yes
Patient=10 Weight=152 Height=65 Age=61 BMI=25.29136 Smoking=never Asthma=. _ERROR_=1 _N_=15
NOTE: The data set WORK.EXERCISE1 has 15 observations and 7 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.08 seconds
      cpu time            0.06 second
 
I'm not really sure what to do, please help!

              
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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You have to declare Asthma to be a character variable.

 

input Patient $ Weight Height $ Age $ BMI $ Smoking $ Asthma $;
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Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You have to declare Asthma to be a character variable.

 

input Patient $ Weight Height $ Age $ BMI $ Smoking $ Asthma $;
--
Paige Miller
user1942
Fluorite | Level 6
thank you!

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