Re: Data step asterisk

On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:55:40 -0500, Toby Dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Ryan ,
>
>Much depends on what you are trying to do, are you trying to put the
>asterisk in the value of the variable, are you trying to put it next to
>the value when you writ eit out to the log or some report?
>
>Perhaps this will get you a littl efurther along:
>
>Data One ;
>SBP = 100 ;
>Output ;
>SBP = 166 ;
>Output ;
>SBP = 111 ;
>Output ;
>SBP = 169 ;
>Output ;
>Run ;
>
>Data _Null_ ;
>Set One ;
>
>If SBP > 164 Then Put SBP= +(-1) '*' ;
>Else Put SBP= ;
>Run ;

Or, if so inclined, put the conditionality inside a single PUT statement:

Data _Null_ ;
Set One ;
Put SBP= +(-1) '*' +( (SBP > 164) -1 ) ' ';
Run ;

>
>
>On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 01:23:56 -0500, Ryan Richmond
><ryan.s.richmond@WMICH.EDU> wrote:
>
>>I would like to put an asterisk next to selected observations with an if/
>>then statement. So far, I'm not getting it to work out.
>>
>>data PBlood;
>> set BloodP;
>> if SBP>164 then put '*';
>>
>>Thanks, Ryan.