Date:         Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:44:16 +0200
Reply-To:     Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
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From:         Jim Groeneveld <J.Groeneveld@ITGROUPS.COM>
Subject:      Re: If/then
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Robert,

Are you sure the missing data actually were coded as . (a period)? Maybe
they were coded differently, e.g. one of ._, or .A to .Z or even just some
negative number. That would all fit your successful recode you indicate
below.

Regards - Jim.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Andrew Bowell Jr. [SMTP:bowell@NBCS.RUTGERS.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 8:18 PM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: If/then
>
> Call off the hounds!
>
>         For some reason, the following worked for her:
>
> if achmar{i}=<0 then achmar{i}=99
>
>         and she's through with trying to debug it any further.  C'est la
> vie.  Thanks for all your help, though.
>
>         Y'obt.,
>                 Rob Bowell
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