topic Re: Add variable names to the first row of data within dataset and insert row above with value in SAS Programming

Add variable names to the first row of data within dataset and insert row above with value

Sanflo — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:49:03 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to be able and have SAS include a datasets headers in the first row of the data and also insert a row above that with a string value in the first column.

Below I've included some code which shows my sample data and what I am looking to achieve.

Any other questions or further information let me know.

Sandy

%let have_id = 'abc123';

proc sql noprint;
    create table work.have_data (test1 char(6),test2 char(6),test3 char(6))
    ;
    insert into work.have_data (test1,test2,test3)
        values ('a','b','c')
		values ('d','e','f')
		values ('g','h','i')
		values ('j','k','l')
    ;
quit;

proc sql noprint;
    create table work.want (col1 char(6),col2 char(6),col3 char(6))
    ;
    insert into work.want (col1,col2,col3)
		values (&have_id,'','')
		values ('test1','test2','test3')
        values ('a','b','c')
		values ('d','e','f')
		values ('g','h','i')
		values ('j','k','l')
    ;
quit;

Re: Add variable names to the first row of data within dataset and insert row above with value

Reeza — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:51:48 GMT

Why not use variable labels and/or data set labels if needed?

Re: Add variable names to the first row of data within dataset and insert row above with value

Reeza — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:53:31 GMT

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=lestmtsref&docsetTarget=n1r8ub0jx34xfsn1ppcjfe0u16pc.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

Re: Add variable names to the first row of data within dataset and insert row above with value

Tom — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 01:19:34 GMT

What possible value could you get out of that?

Sounds like you want a print out of your data. Use PROC PRINT.

Here is an example:

%let dsn=sashelp.class(obs=3);
title "&dsn";
proc print data=&dsn;
run;

Re: Add variable names to the first row of data within dataset and insert row above with value

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:51:47 GMT

No, for several reasons:

you can't have strings in numeric columns
even if you only had character columns, variable names can easily exceed the defined length of the variable

Liberate yourself from Excel thinking.