Date:         Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:57:37 -0500
Reply-To:     Christine Roman <ctromanph@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christine Roman <ctromanph@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Creating an Ordinal Variable
Comments: To: Suzanne McCoy <Suzanne.McCoy@catalinamarketing.com>
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My users level is not so advance. I don't understand

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Suzanne McCoy <
Suzanne.McCoy@catalinamarketing.com> wrote:

>  I would put it through a double do loops  one going from 1-50 by 1
> (=start) and the other going from 50 to 250 by 4 (=label) and then the
> output dataset can be used as a cntlin file for proc format.
>
>
>
> *From:* Christine Roman [mailto:ctromanph@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:38 PM
> *To:* Suzanne McCoy
> *Cc:* SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: Creating an Ordinal Variable
>
>
>
> but how can I do it without defining it 50 times?
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Suzanne McCoy <
> Suzanne.McCoy@catalinamarketing.com> wrote:
>
> This would be a good use of a user defined format for the ranges.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Christina Morales
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:19 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Creating an Ordinal Variable
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to create an ordinal variable out of a continuous variable that
> measures weight. I want to create a variable that is increments of 4 for
> this
> weight variable. So the min weight is 50 and the max weight is 250 so I
> want
> to create a variable with values from 1-50 that represent the weight in
> increments of 4. So 1 = 50pounds to 53 pounds, etc.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
>
>