Date:         Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:40:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Kevin Viel <kviel@EMORY.EDU>
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From:         Kevin Viel <kviel@EMORY.EDU>
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Venky wrote:

> Two things:
> (1) the summation statements are causing an automatic retain across IDS
> (e.g. vx(i) + 1). The retain should occur only within IDs and should not
be
> carried over to the next.

DOH!  I should have just gone with creating a flag <g>.  You are correct.  I
would need to add:

do i=1 to dim(vx);
   vx(i)=.;
end;

> (2) The vname function captures the name of the variable in upper case.
> Therefore, when you compare the original variable with the result of the
> vname function, it is better to upcase the original, although you seem to
be
> capturing the correct result.

Possibly.  If the VALIDVARNAME=UPCASE this may be true.  On my system it is
set to V7.  Good point at any rate.

Regards,

Kevin
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Kevin Viel
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30329