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BSBAL18
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I am doing a define as..

field1 + field2 + field3.

All fields are D20.2

if it is 1+1+1 it works, however sometimes tehre are nulls.. so 1+null+1. Technically a null answer is correct, however i need that to be 2 Smiler . HOw can i configure the field to ignore nulls?

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Waz
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MISSING values give me a pain in the DEFINE FILE.

You may have to check each field for MISSING and cater for it.


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Hank W.
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Can you default a null with 0 in the previous hold?


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BabakNYC
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How about using an IF THEN ELSE to substitute? Something like this:

FIELD_1A/I9=IF FIELD_1 EQ MISSING THEN 0 ELSE FIELD_1;
FIELD_2A/I9=IF FIELD_2 EQ MISSING THEN 0 ELSE FIELD_2;
FIELD_3A/I9=IF FIELD_3 EQ MISSING THEN 0 ELSE FIELD_3;

NEW_FIELD/I9=FIELD_1A + FIELD_2A + FIELD_3A;


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Mikel
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Try the DEFINE with MISSING OFF.

FIELDT1/D20.2 MISSING OFF = FIELD1 + FIELD2 + FIELD3 ;

Working example CAR file:
DEFINE FILE CAR
  FIELD1/D20.2              = 1 ;
  FIELD2/D20.2 MISSING ON   = MISSING ;
  FIELD3/D20.2              = 1 ;
  FIELDT1/D20.2 MISSING OFF = FIELD1 + FIELD2 + FIELD3 ;
  FIELDT2/D20.2 MISSING ON  = FIELD1 + FIELD2 + FIELD3 ;
END

TABLE FILE CAR
  PRINT 
    COUNTRY
    FIELDT1 AS 'with MISSING OFF' ;
    FIELDT2 AS 'with MISSING ON' ;
  IF RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
END


Output:
COUNTRY  with MISSING OFFF  with MISSING ON
ENGLAND  2.0                .


Regards. Mikel.


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BSBAL18
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{SOLVED} thanks!


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Please edit your first post in this thread and add [SOLVED] to the title.


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