Date:         Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:21:43 +0100
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From:         Gehard Hellriegel <detecsm_hellriegelg@WESTLB.DE>
Subject:      Re: is there such a thing as "if dataset not empty then..."?
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Maybe that will not run ok, because the data-step will not run, or it is not of
type DATA, or it has deleted obs...

%let maybe=*;
data _null_;
  set somedata;
  call symput("maybe"," ");
  if _n_=1 then stop;
run;






"Berryhill, Tim" <TWB2@PGE.COM> on 31.01.2000 23:38:52

Bitte antworten an "Berryhill, Tim" <TWB2@PGE.COM>

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DATA _NULL_;
  IF NOBS GT 0 THEN CALL SYMPUT('MAYBE',' ');
  ELSE CALL SYMPUT('MAYBE','*';
  STOP;
  SET SOMEDATA NOBS=NOBS;
RUN;

&maybe PROC PRINT DATA=SOMEDATA;RUN;

> ----------
> From:         Andrea Wainwright[SMTP:andrea.wainwright@CAPITALONE.COM]
> Reply To:     andrea.wainwright@CAPITALONE.COM
> Sent:         Monday, January 31, 2000 2:10 PM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      is there such a thing as "if dataset not empty then..."?
>
>      I would like to check to see if a dataset contains any obs and run a
>      proc print if it does, otherwise I just want to skip it.
>
>      What are some of the possible ways of accomplishing this?
>
>      TIA
>
>      Andrea Wainwright
>





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