Scripting Guide - SAS

Chapter 9 Data Tables 293
Row State Operators
To access just a component of a row state, place the row state expression on the right side of an assignment
and also use one of the L-value operators:
Set Row States
x = selected(rowState()); // selection index of current row selected
To set a row state, place the row state expression on the left of an assignment (L-value):
row state() = expression;
row state(i) = expression;
To set a component of a row state,
ColorOf(row state(i)) = 3;
Selected(RowState(i)) = 1;
// for the current row
// for a specified row
// change color to red for row i
// select the ith row
Note: As seen above, some of the operators convert numbers into states, and others
convert states into numbers. Here are hints for remembering which are which:
Number-to-state operators have the word “State” The operators that take
number arguments and either return states or accept state assignments all have the
word “State” in their names: Row State, As Row State, Color State,
Combine States, Excluded State, Hidden State, Hue State, Labeled
State, Marker State, Selected State, Shade State.
State-to-number operators are one word or have the word “Of” The operators
that take row state arguments (and assume that the argument Row State() if none
is given) and return or get set to numbers are either one word or their second word
is “Of”: Color Of, Excluded, Hidden, Labeled, Marker Of, Selected.
Table 9.4 on page 294, is a helpful comparison chart for these operators.
The following lines are equivalent to their interactive commands.
Copy From Row States
Add From Row States
Copy To Row States
Add To Row States
Set Row State Combinations
Use Combine States to put together the settings of the various States:
x = CombineStates(SelectedState(1),LabeledState(0),ColorState(3));
for each row(rowstate()=x);
Create Row State Columns
To create a row state directly in a column, use a formula:
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