Date:         Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:26:43 -0500
Reply-To:     Howard Schreier <Howard_Schreier@ITA.DOC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Howard Schreier <Howard_Schreier@ITA.DOC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: help needed replacing variable attributes.
Comments: To: no.spam@HERE.PLEASE

Are you using the word "attribute" casually, as a synonym for "value"?
That's not a good idea.

A variable's attributes are properties of the entire "column", like number
of bytes, or format.

A variable's values are the data content, which generally differs from row
to row.

If you really mean "attribute", please clarify what you need to do.

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:52:57 -0000, davy <no.spam@HERE.PLEASE> wrote:

>I have a dataset with well over two hundered variables.
>
>All of the variables are character.
>
>What I would like to do is to replace each instance where a variable
>attribute is a "T","N" or "_"  with the letter "Y".
>
>Is there anyway i can do this with a global statement or something (rather
>than laboriously typing out 'if statements' for each variable).
>
>I would appreciate any help.
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>Davy