selecting data between dates

[wschnell1]

Hi,

I would like to select data between two dates and then exclude certain firms within those dates.

Dates are identified by TRANDATE (i.e. transaction date)

Firm I.D is based of the variable SIC

I tried to perform this in two steps because I wasn't sure how to do this in one.

I keep unfortunately getting error msg's

data subsamp1;

  set table1;

  if TRANDATE between '01jan1986'd and '31Dec2003'd then delete;

run;

data   subsamp2;

  set subsamp1;

  if 4900<= SIC <= 4999 or

  6000<= SIC <= 6999 then delete;

run;

[Mit · Accepted solution]

Hi There,

You have started a new thread. Try this code

data keep reject;
set table1;
if 4900 le SIC le 4999  or 6000 le SIC le 6999 then output reject;
else if '01jan1986'd le TRANDATE le '31Dec2003'd then  output reject;
else output keep;

run;

[wschnell1]

Thanks so much... as you can probably tell i'm pretty new to this.

Really appreciate the help