SAS 8 vs. 9 incompatibility

Hi friends,

Run the following test program in both SAS vs. 8 and SAS vs. 9 if you can
and have a look at the difference.

DATA _NULL_;
MisMis = . EQ -.; * -. is not the missing value ._;
MisMis0 = 0 * (. EQ -.); * and neither the Morse code for N;
MisMis1 = 1 * (. EQ -.); * it is: minus the missing value .;
PUT (_ALL_)(=);
RUN;

SAS vs. 8 yields:
MISMIS=1 MISMIS0=. MISMIS1=.
while SAS vs. 9 yields:
MISMIS=1 MISMIS0=0 MISMIS1=1

You could question the meaning of a negative missing value, but given the
first value I think SAS vs. 9 is correct with the two other values and SAS
vs. 8 is not.

Where I work now (on secondment) they changed from SAS 8 to SAS 9 today.

Regards - Jim.
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Jim Groeneveld, Netherlands
Statistician, SAS consultant
home.hccnet.nl/jim.groeneveld