Using the READ Statement with the WHERE Clause

Working with SAS Data Sets

Using the READ Statement with the WHERE Clause

Use the WHERE clause as you did with the LIST statement, to conditionally select observations from within the specified range. If you want to create a matrix FEMALE containing the variables AGE, HEIGHT, and WEIGHT for females only, use the following statements:

   > read all var _num_ into female where(sex="F");
   > print female;

                    FEMALE
                        11      51.3      50.5
                        12      59.8      84.5
                        12      56.3        77
                        13      56.5        84
                        13      65.3        98
                        14      62.8     102.5
                        14      64.3        90
                        15      62.5     112.5
                        15      66.5       112

Now try some special features of the WHERE clause to find values that begin with certain characters (the =: operator) or that contain certain strings (the ? operator). To create a matrix J containing the students whose names begin with the letter "J", use the following statements:

   > read all var{name} into j where(name=:"J");
   > print j;

                                J
                                JOYCE
                                JAMES
                                JANE
                                JOHN
                                JEFFREY
                                JUDY
                                JANET

To creat a matrix AL of children with names containing the string "AL", use the statement

   > read all var{name} into al where(name?"AL");
   > print al;

                                 AL
                                 ALICE
                                 ALFRED
                                 RONALD

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