Modifying All Observations in a SAS Data Set
Overview
When every observation in a SAS data set requires the
same modification, you can use the MODIFY statement and specify the
modification using an assignment statement.
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General form, MODIFY
statement with an assignment statement:
DATA SAS-data-set;
MODIFY SAS-data-set;
existing-variable = expression;
RUN;
SAS-data-set
is the name of the
SAS data set that you want to modify.
existing-variable
is the name of the
variable whose values you want to update.
expression
is a function or other
expression that you want to apply to the variable.
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Example
Suppose an airline has decided to give passengers more leg room. The airline must ...
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