topic Re: complete series in SAS Programming

complete series

mansour_ibrahim — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:06:00 GMT

Hello,

I want to complete each series present in the table test1 by a value tmp

when absent relative to the var1 of the test table

data test;
input var1;
cards;
1
2
3
;run;

data test1;
input var1;
cards;
1
2
3
2
3
1
2
;run;

desired results

1
2
3
tmp
2
3
1
2
tmp

Thank you

Re: complete series

mkeintz — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:52:30 GMT

This would be a nice homework assignment. What have you tried so far? If you've tried nothing, then let us now how you would logically perform the task.

Re: complete series

ballardw — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:56:43 GMT

In your example the variable Var1 is numeric. As such it can never hold the value "tmp" which is character.

Also, what would the result be if your data looked like:

data test1;
input var1;
cards;
4
5
7
1
2
3
2
3
1
2
;run;

data test1;
input var1;
cards;
4
5
7
1
2
3
2
3
1
2
5
1
2
3
3
3
;run;

You will have to expand a bit on your definition of what a "series" is and "absent relative".