Date:         Tue, 22 May 2001 08:26:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Darran Zenger <DZENGER@KLUNE.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Darran Zenger <DZENGER@KLUNE.COM>
Subject:      Case Select in SAS?
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Hi Folks-

I've got a question. Is it possible to create a Case Select option within
SAS, like you can in Visual Basic?  What I've got is, I'm trying to
calculate vacation time available, but have 5 cases which have the range as
follows:

1-4 years       80.00hrs
5-9 years       88.00 hrs
10-14 years     128.00 hrs
15-19 years     168.00 hrs
20+             208 hrs

I have hire dates and will use those as a starting point to determine which
vacation category they fit in and calculate vacation pay. I also have to
resolve the fact that I need to distinguish between hourly employees and
salaried employees.  What I have done is created a new variable which
converted the salaried people to hourly and just set the variable equal to
the hourly pay of those who are hourly.  I've used the IF-THEN/ELSE
statement to create the vacation pay but I'm thinking there is a better way
around this and to use a Case Select.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Darran