| Date: | Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:12:06 -0500 |
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| Reply-To: | Mark D H Miller <mdhmiller@GMAIL.COM> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Mark D H Miller <mdhmiller@GMAIL.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Multiply |
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| In-Reply-To: | <201001302330.o0UBs7YS025691@malibu.cc.uga.edu> |
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My point was/is that the stated result is simply negation
which may or may not require an explicit multiplication operation.
... mark
On 1/30/2010 6:30 PM, Arthur Tabachneck wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Of course it is, but I don't see whatever point you are trying to make.
>
> Art
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> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:20:53 -0500, Mark D H Miller<mdhmiller@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
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>> Is not x * -1 the same as x = -(x) !!!
>>
>> ... Mark Miller
>>
>> On 1/29/2010 6:09 AM, TheSharpOne wrote:
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>>> it won't be pretty but you could try something likethe code below.
>>> Just replace WORK with your library name and SAMPLE with your table
>>> name:
>>> Proc SQL NoPrint;
>>> Select Trim(Name)!!' = '!!Trim(Name)!!'*-1;' INTO : varlist
>>> separated by ' '
>>> From Dictionary.columns
>>> Where libname = 'WORK' AND memname = 'SAMPLE'
>>> ;
>>> Quit;
>>>
>>> Data x1;
>>> set x;
>>> &varlist;
>>> Run;
>>>
>>>
>>>
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