This is an example of how you create a format: proc format; value dx_fmt 1 = 'Cancer' 2 = 'Heart' 3 = 'Diabetes' 4 = 'Multiple Conditions'; run;   Then you apply the format using a FORMAT statement.   format variableName dx_fmt.;   A full example here:   proc format; value dx_fmt 1 = 'Cancer' 2 = 'Heart' 3 = 'Diabetes' 4 = 'Multiple Conditions' other = 'Everything Else'; run; data demo; input dx; cards; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ; run; title 'Printed without a format'; proc print data=demo; run; title 'Printed with a format'; proc print data=demo; format dx dx_fmt.; run; *example of how its handled in a summary proc; proc freq data=demo; table dx; format dx dx_fmt.; run; ... View more

Thanks for the resources! Looks feasible although I've tried some those that included lifetest and they don't all work with phreg. That being said, I've never plotted them on sgplot. I'll try it out and update! ... View more

@NadiaK wrote: Hello all,   I am trying to recode a variable containing numbers in decimal form. Whatever number is in that variable, I would like it to be coded as 1 and the missing values to be coded as 0. Does anyone have a quick easy solution?   The MISSING() function will return 1 (true) if the value is missing and 0 (false) if not. So you just want  x = not missing(x); ... View more

If it is really an ID then you probably will want to read it as character instead of reading it as a number. 14 digits is close to the maximum integer that SAS can store uniquely in a numeric variable. 23 data _null_; 24 x=constant('exactint'); 25 put x= comma24. ; 26 run; x=9,007,199,254,740,992 ... View more

There is no need to use PROC IMPORT to read a CSV file, especially one that you already know what the variables are. data want ; infile 'myfile.csv' dsd truncover firstobs=2; input afb1 afm1 afg1 afg2 ata cit dhcit don donglca zen zenglca afb_creat afm_creat afg_creat ota_creat dh_cit_creat don_creat donglca_creat zen_creat zenglca_creat ; run; There is no need to attach either informats or formats to most variables. ... View more