isblank and isnull fucntion from vfox to sas

[Kayla_Tan222]

Hi all, I'm currently convert the code in visualfoxpro to sas.

Is there any difference between isblank and isnull function in vfox?

if I write the code in sas like this below, is this correct?

VFOX CODE

use "D:\Fire\claim\Fire_clm_201903_addratecde.dbf"
scan for (not inli(allt(ratecde),"1000","COIN") and not isbl(ratecde) and not isnull(ratecde))
Do case
case inli(rsktyp,"FCL","FCZ","FLP")
repl cov_type with "Conloss"

case inli(rsktyp,"FAZ","FDA","FIA")
repl cov_type with "IAR"

case inli(left(allt(ratecde),4),"4006","4008")
repl cov_type with "HH"

case inli(left(allt(ratecde),4),"4001","4005")
repl cov_type with "HO"

otherwise

DO casecase inli(left(allt(ratecde),2),"10")
repl cov_type with "MD1"

case inli(left(allt(ratecde),2),"11")
repl cov_type with "MD2"

case inli(left(allt(ratecde),2),"12")
repl cov_type with "MD3"

case inli(left(allt(ratecde),2),"14")
repl cov_type with "MD4"

case inli(left(allt(ratecde),2),"29")
repl cov_type with "MD5"

otherwise

repl cov_type with "MD6"

endcase
endcase
endscan

MY Code in sas

if ratecde^='1000' and ratecde^='coin' and ratecde^='' then do;

if rsktyp in ('FCL','FCZ','FLP') then

cov_type='Conloss';

else if rsktyp in ('FAZ','FDA','FIA') then

cov_type='IAR';

else if test1 in ('4006','4008') then

cov_type='HH';

else if test1 in ('4001','4005') then

cov_type='HO';

　

　

else if test2=10 then

cov_type='MD1';

else if test2=11 then

cov_type='MD2';

else if test2=12 then

cov_type='MD3';

else if test2=14 then

cov_type='MD4';

else if test2=29 then

cov_type='MD5';

else

cov_type='MD6';

end;

[ScottBass]

I don't know vfox so don't know the intricacies of isblank and isnull.

Re: your code:  I like the missing() function, as it "does the right thing" whether the variable is character or numeric:

data test;
   chr1='';
   chr2=' ';
   chr3='  ';
   chr4='foo';
   num1=.;
   num2=.a;
   num3=.z;
   num4=123;
   ismiss_chr1=missing(chr1);
   ismiss_chr2=missing(chr2);
   ismiss_chr3=missing(chr3);
   ismiss_chr4=missing(chr4);
   ismiss_num1=missing(num1);
   ismiss_num2=missing(num2);
   ismiss_num3=missing(num3);
   ismiss_num4=missing(num4);
run;

[ChrisNZ]

Wouldn't this be closer?

  if strip(RATECDE) not in('1000', 'COIN', ' ') then do;
    select;
      when(RSKTYP in ('FCL','FCZ','FLP')     ) COV_TYPE='Conloss';
      when(RSKTYP in ('FAZ','FDA','FIA')     ) COV_TYPE='IAR';
      when(strip(RATECDE) in: ('4006','4008')) COV_TYPE='HH';
      when(strip(RATECDE) in: ('4001','4005')) COV_TYPE='HO';
      when(strip(RATECDE) =: '10'            ) COV_TYPE='MD1';
      when(strip(RATECDE) =: '11'            ) COV_TYPE='MD2';
      when(strip(RATECDE) =: '12'            ) COV_TYPE='MD3';
      when(strip(RATECDE) =: '14'            ) COV_TYPE='MD4';
      when(strip(RATECDE) =: '29'            ) COV_TYPE='MD5';
      otherwise                                COV_TYPE='MD6';
    end;
  end;

[Tom]

SAS stores character variables as fixed length strings that are padded with spaces.  So SAS cannot tell the difference between a variable that is all blanks and a "null" or "missing" value.