nested if statement in SAS not working as expected

[JJP1]

Hi All even thogh memid is having name as sasadministartors iam getting incorrect value as vv instead of SAS Administrators if i use nested if not=

syntax,please help

data t;
	set work.groupmempersons_info(where=(memid='xxxxxxxxx'));
	length desc $255;
	call missing (desc);
	if memName = "sasadm" or memname = "sasevs" or memname = "sastrust" then put "Account is sasadm, sasevs or sastrust, skipping.";
else 
if Name= :'SASAdministrators' or Name= :'DI Developers'  then desc='SAS Administrator';
if Name not= :'XXX' and Name not=:'YYY' then desc='vv';
;
		rc=metadata_setattr("omsobj:person\"||memid,"Desc",desc);

                        
    put rc=;
	run;

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

This statement:

if Name not= :'XXX' and Name not=:'YYY' then desc='vv';

Is always executed regardless of what happened with the earlier if.

I think you want:

data t;
	set work.groupmempersons_info(where=(memid='xxxxxxxxx'));
	length desc $255;
	call missing (desc);
	if memName = "sasadm" or memname = "sasevs" or memname = "sastrust" then put "Account is sasadm, sasevs or sastrust, skipping.";
else /* <= this else only effects the next statement*/
if Name= :'SASAdministrators' or Name= :'DI Developers'  then desc='SAS Administrator';
ELSE if Name not= :'XXX' and Name not=:'YYY' then desc='vv';
;
		rc=metadata_setattr("omsobj:person\"||memid,"Desc",desc);

                        
    put rc=;
	run;