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K_S
Obsidian | Level 7 K_S
Obsidian | Level 7

 i have a database that looks like this 

iddiag 1 diag2  diag3diag4diag5diag7diag8diag9
110110000
200000000
300 00 11
4 0000000

 

I need to create a new_var that is equals to 1 if either one of the 'diag's  have a value of 1.

I did it by summing the diags and having the new_var = 1 if sum(diag1-diag24)>=1.

Is there another way to do this without typing a lot? Also, my technique only works if the observantions are 1s and 0s. I could do something like this if my obs values were different than 1 --> diag1=2 or diag2=1 or diag3=5....and so on then new_var=1. This isn't very practical when i have many 'diag's, so how could I do this without typing a lot?

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Astounding
PROC Star

Finding only a 1 (not a 2 or a 5) can be done with only mild complications.  The CAT family of functions works on numeric as well as character values.  So you could code:

 

if index(cats(of diag1-diag24), '1') > 0;

 

If your data contains two-digit numbers (so you need to find "1" but not "10"), it can still be done but gets mildly more complex.

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

I think your solution is solid, though you would probably type sum(of diag1-diag24)>=1 🙂

K_S
Obsidian | Level 7 K_S
Obsidian | Level 7

good catch! thanks 😉 

Astounding
PROC Star

Finding only a 1 (not a 2 or a 5) can be done with only mild complications.  The CAT family of functions works on numeric as well as character values.  So you could code:

 

if index(cats(of diag1-diag24), '1') > 0;

 

If your data contains two-digit numbers (so you need to find "1" but not "10"), it can still be done but gets mildly more complex.

ballardw
Super User

For a very few character shorter typing:

 

new_var = (index(catt(of diag:),'1')>0);

Vish33
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

sum(of diag1-diag9) >=1 OR max(of diag1-diag9) >=1 should work.

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