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List:       sas-l
Subject:    Re: Multiply
From:       Mark D H Miller <mdhmiller () GMAIL ! COM>
Date:       2010-01-31 3:12:06
Message-ID: 4B64F506.4070203 () gmail ! com
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My point was/is that the stated result is simply negation
which may or may not require an explicit multiplication operation.

... mark

On 1/30/2010 6:30 PM, Arthur Tabachneck wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Of course it is, but I don't see whatever point you are trying to make.
>
> Art
> --------
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:20:53 -0500, Mark D H Miller<mdhmiller@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Is not   x * -1  the same as     x  = -(x)   !!!
>>
>> ... Mark Miller
>>
>> On 1/29/2010 6:09 AM, TheSharpOne wrote:
>>
>>> it won't be pretty but you could try something likethe code below.
>>> Just replace WORK with your library name and SAMPLE with your table
>>> name:
>>> Proc SQL NoPrint;
>>>     Select Trim(Name)!!' = '!!Trim(Name)!!'*-1;' INTO : varlist
>>> separated by ' '
>>>     From Dictionary.columns
>>>     Where libname = 'WORK' AND memname = 'SAMPLE'
>>>     ;
>>> Quit;
>>>
>>> Data x1;
>>>     set x;
>>>     &varlist;
>>> Run;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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