Date:         Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:40:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Prasad S Ravi <prasad.s.ravi@HOUSEHOLD.COM>
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From:         Prasad S Ravi <prasad.s.ravi@HOUSEHOLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: if str_mo not in ('','.') and str_da not in ('','.') and
              str_yy not in ('','.') Any shorter ?
Comments: To: Igor Kurbeko <ikurbeko@ATHEROGENICS.COM>
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OR

          you could use ARRAY

     data new;
             set old;
             array igor  $ (*)  str_mo str_da str_yr;
             do over igor;
              if igor   ~in (' ','.') then do;

              end;
     run;



Prasad Ravi






                         Igor Kurbeko
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                         10/22/2003 02:13 PM
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                         Igor Kurbeko






Hi, there.



I'm just curious if  it ever dawned  on anybody how to abbreviate  this
line :

if str_mo not in ('','.') and str_da not in ('','.') and str_yy not in
('','.')



Igor Kurbeko

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