| Date: | Thu, 6 Oct 2011 13:44:04 -0500 |
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| Reply-To: | Joe Matise <snoopy369@GMAIL.COM> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Joe Matise <snoopy369@GMAIL.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: conditionally create ads |
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| In-Reply-To: | <201110061829.p96G7BjN000825@waikiki.cc.uga.edu> |
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proc sql;
select count(variable) into :varcount from datasetname;
quit;
%if &variable > 0 %then %do;
data want;
<whatever>;
run;
%end;
Assuming you're in a macro. If you're not in a macro, you can do this
via CALL EXECUTE in a datastep.
-Joe
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Pamela Butler
<pamela.butler@sanofi-aventis.com> wrote:
> I need to conditionally create a permanent dataset if a particular
> variable in my temporary dataset is NOT missing for all observations. Any
> suggestions on how to do this?
>
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