In my data, some character variables were defined as numeric by mistake.
In this case, if I want to search "Yes" or "No", it does not work.
25 GOPTIONS ACCESSIBLE;
26 data test;
27 set db.ct_reading;
28 where qc_accepted = 'Yes';
ERROR: WHERE clause operator requires compatible variables.
29 run;
How to work around this situation?
I also see some cases where character variable missing is "." and numeric variable missing is " ".
How to condition on these mis-typed missing values?
These numeric variables are formatted to show "yes" or "no"
You have to search for the numeric values, such as (this is often the case, but not always) 1 for yes and 0 for no.
Or you could remove the format, and then you can see in the view which values they have.
These numeric variables are formatted to show "yes" or "no"
You have to search for the numeric values, such as (this is often the case, but not always) 1 for yes and 0 for no.
Or you could remove the format, and then you can see in the view which values they have.
yes, I used 1 for yes and it works.
I will also try removing format.
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