topic Re: how to keep the first observation to meet my condition in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-keep-the-first-observation-to-meet-my-condition/m-p/166325#M263780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, I got this! Yay! long hand code, then arrays...</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:39:45 GMT lola 2015-02-12T20:39:45Z how to keep the first observation to meet my condition https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-keep-the-first-observation-to-meet-my-condition/m-p/166324#M263779 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As I improve my programming but still leverage the existing program code from the prgms I received, I attached a new var(s) to similar code, but it is not tight enough, therefore I need to add another condition, which I think should be something along the lines of first.obs. Here is a bit of the code. Please direct me if you know of a keyword for a tutorial. Thank you.[as i learn and improve, I am shameless in sharing my inefficient code].</P><P></P><P>So I want the first obs to count using pers07 for those who received earned income in this unit. </P><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>do i=1 to 16;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>if first.affil(i)=1 then do;</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>if 5&lt;erned(i)&lt;=3000 then do;/* EARNED INCOME */</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>pers07+wght;</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>end;</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>end;</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>end;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:44:06 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-keep-the-first-observation-to-meet-my-condition/m-p/166324#M263779 lola 2015-02-12T16:44:06Z Re: how to keep the first observation to meet my condition https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-keep-the-first-observation-to-meet-my-condition/m-p/166325#M263780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, I got this! Yay! long hand code, then arrays...</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:39:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-keep-the-first-observation-to-meet-my-condition/m-p/166325#M263780 lola 2015-02-12T20:39:45Z