24773 - Using _TEMPORARY

Sample 24773: Using _TEMPORARY_ arrays

/* Create sample data */

data test;
  input var1 var2 var3;
datalines;                
10 20 30
100 . 300
. 40 400
;

/* The _TEMPORARY_ array values are used to populate the missing values         */
/* in the TEST data set.  The data set variables are put into an array and      */
/* there is a one to one correlation between the existing values and the values */
/* in the _TEMPORARY_ array. A DO loop is used to evaluate if the value is      */
/* missing and if so, assign the new value.                                     */


data new(drop=i);
  set test;
  array newval(3)_TEMPORARY_ (.1 .2 .3) ;
  array now(3) var1 var2 var3;
  do i=1 to 3;
    if now(i)=. then now(i)=newval(i);
  end;
run;

proc print;
run;

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OBS   VAR1   VAR2   VAR3
1     10.0   20.0     30
2    100.0    0.2    300
3      0.1   40.0    400

Type:	Sample
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> DATA Step Data Management ==> Manipulation and Transformation ==> Array processing

Date Modified:	2005-12-08 11:34:32
Date Created:	2004-09-30 14:09:12

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