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Howles · ‎05-25-2015

The lengths of the variables (especially character variables) are also an issue. So run PROC CONTENTS for each data set created.

Howles · ‎04-07-2015

UPDATE, or MODIFY??

Howles · ‎02-24-2015

how about seq = 5 - seq ;

Howles · ‎02-19-2015

05/01/2010 is not a valid date literal, but it is a valid numeric expression. ( (5/1)/2010 ) evaluates to 0.0024875, which interprets as 1 January 1960.

Howles · ‎02-11-2015

CASE is meant for this. PROC SQL; CREATE TABLE summary AS SELECT AVG( case when (c=0) then b else (.) end ) AS Mean_B_C0, AVG( case when (c=1) then b else (.) end ) AS Mean_B_C1 FROM data; QUIT;

Howles · ‎02-05-2015

also MODIFY

Howles · ‎02-04-2015

Try something like this. proc format ; invalue none_zero 'None' = 0 other = [12.] ; run ; data _null_ ; input val none_zero. ; put val= ; cards; 123 None ;

Howles · ‎02-04-2015

The original difficulty arises because the VALUE statement requires literals (not expressions). But the specs change only from one launch of the program to the next (not on the fly within the program). So %sysfunc and %eval offer a workaround. Try something like this: Proc Format; %let td = %sysfunc( today() ) ; %let wd = %sysfunc( weekday(&td.)) ; value week %eval(&td.-&wd.- 7) -< %eval(&td.-&wd. ) = week1 %eval(&td.-&wd.-14) -< %eval(&td.-&wd.- 7) = week2 ; %symdel td wd ; run;

Howles · ‎01-28-2015

Go to Macro Collections - sasCommunity and follow Mayo Clinic link.

Howles · ‎01-23-2015

Actually that difference is 41972 1 data _null_ ; 2 days_between = '01dec2014'd - '01jan1900'd ; 3 put days_between= ; 4 run ; days_between=41972

Howles · ‎12-26-2014

Why (not) generate code with a macro? But first, make sure the target code is right. Why the ALLs in the UNIONs?

Howles · ‎12-26-2014

1. The (self-anointed) Macro Maven is Ron Fehd, not Ian Whitlock. 2. I would not dismiss the available user-written books about the macro facility.

Howles · ‎12-22-2014

See Convert Numeric Variables to Character - sasCommunity However, the technique might be defeated by the sheer number of columns.

Howles · ‎12-17-2014

What I don't know is how the SQL statement is optimized by PROC SQL. Maybe the SELECT is evaluated and the result set is spooled somewhere. Then the rows are batch-inserted into the target table. That seems to be the original poster's theory. Maybe the SELECT is evaluated and as each row is generated it triggers a single-row insertion operation. That's my hunch. The results will of course be the same either way, but the incurrence of overhead could differ.

Howles · ‎12-14-2014

I observe SQL defaulting to BEST8. The DATA step language uses BEST12. Try this: data demo ; numvar = constant('pi') ; put numvar ; run ; proc sql noprint ; select numvar into : macrovar from demo ; %put &macrovar ; quit ;

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