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    <title>topic deleting obs with conditions in SAS Programming</title>
    <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/deleting-obs-with-conditions/m-p/467064#M119208</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My data looks like follows,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;PERMNO&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;T1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;T2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;upto T516&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;3&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now, I want to delete permno's if all observations from T1 through T516 are&amp;nbsp;missing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And then I also want to delete permno's which have less than 24 observations from T1 through T516 (as there are missing values in my data set)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can someone suggest on how to do this?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 03:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Amalik</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-06-02T03:02:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>deleting obs with conditions</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/deleting-obs-with-conditions/m-p/467064#M119208</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My data looks like follows,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;PERMNO&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;T1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;T2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;upto T516&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;3&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now, I want to delete permno's if all observations from T1 through T516 are&amp;nbsp;missing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And then I also want to delete permno's which have less than 24 observations from T1 through T516 (as there are missing values in my data set)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can someone suggest on how to do this?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 03:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/deleting-obs-with-conditions/m-p/467064#M119208</guid>
      <dc:creator>Amalik</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-06-02T03:02:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: deleting obs with conditions</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/deleting-obs-with-conditions/m-p/467067#M119209</link>
      <description>&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE class=" language-sas"&gt;data want;
   set have;
   array t {*} t1-t516;
   if n (of t{*}) &amp;gt; 24;&lt;BR /&gt;run;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 03:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/deleting-obs-with-conditions/m-p/467067#M119209</guid>
      <dc:creator>mkeintz</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-06-02T03:08:19Z</dc:date>
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