This example sums it up nicely:   https://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/statug/63033/HTML/default/viewer.htm#statug_logistic_sect066.htm   ... View more

Did you not ask the same question a few days back?  If not then there is a question from a few days back exactly the same.  What this is telling you is that the variable  Loan_disbursement_date_ Is not a numeric variable.  Dates and times are numerics and you cannot compare something which is not numeric with numerics in that kind of logic sequence.  Fixing your data so that the date is actually a numeric SAS date would sort this, so would:   data class1.dev_data1; set class1.new_dev3; where '01MAY2013'd < input(Loan_disbursement_date_,date9.) < '30APR2014'd; run; Assuming that it is in date9. format.  ... View more

Hi   You should provide the SAS Version Information, this will help to lookup the corresponding documentation.   You can use the following code to get the version information back: %put NOTE: SYSVLONG=&sysvlong SYSSCPL=&sysscpl; Bruno ... View more

If your SAS version is that old you may want to pull out a ruler and pencil  ... View more

There's often more than one possible solution to solve a given problem with SAS. In this case you could use something like:   data have; input pancard $10. x y; if (countc(substr(pancard,1,5),,'ai')+ countc(substr(pancard,6,4),,'d')+ countc(substr(pancard,10,1),,'ai')) eq 10 then found=1; else found=0; cards; DHPLO9635G 1 1 DH1LO9635G 0 0 ; HTH, Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com   ... View more

I'm with @RW9 - upgrade, if you're in the position to do it. If you can't, stick with multiple index or indexw calls, which will work fine. ... View more

Just another point, you are doing a binary yes/no if statement, so save yourself a bit of typing and use ifc/ifn functions: data work.systems; set work.carsales; found=ifn(prxmatch("m/Acura|Dodge|Ford/oi",Manufacturer),1,0); run; ... View more

The contains operator can only be used in a datastep's where clause. However, you can accomplish the same thing with a series of statements that use the FIND function. Take a look at: http://support.sas.com/kb/43/303.html   HTH, Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com ... View more