[R] R and SAS proc format

[Jason Barnhart]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kane" <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca>
To: "lamack lamack" <lamac_k at hotmail.com>; <R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [R] R and SAS proc format


>
> --- lamack lamack <lamac_k at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all, Is there an R equivalent to SAS's proc
>> format?
>
> What does the SAS PROC FORMAT do?

It formats or reformats data in the SAS system.

It looks this:

    proc format; value kanefmt 1='A' 2='B' 3='C' 4='X' 5='Throw me 
out';
    data temp; do i=1 to 10; kanevar=put(i,kanefmt.); output; end;
    proc print; run;

And produces this:

Obs     i      kanevar
  1     1    A
  2     2    B
  3     3    C
  4     4    X
  5     5    Throw me out
  6     6               6
  7     7               7
  8     8               8
  9     9               9
 10    10              10


But it is more robust than what is shown here.



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