topic Re: Update/Move Column Contents in SAS Programming

Update/Move Column Contents

GPatel — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:10:27 GMT

I have attached testdata.xls file.

Here is the issue, look at Obs # 1.

How can I make obs # 1 that should mimic to obs # 2 ?

Somehow file got corrupted, and contents splitted and shifted one column to the right in obs # 1 Column A (obs # 1),

Obs # 2 is correct way of representation of data.

In Obs # 1,

Salesman_name_dept should be : Michael Perry A001 Manufacturing

Sale_date should be : 10-Jan-09

Reorder should be : 50

Event should be : 10

BuySell should be : 45.45

Amount should be : 5000.75

Appreciate any help !

Re: Update/Move Column Contents

ballardw — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:43:22 GMT

Many users here don't want to download Excel files because of virus potential, others have such things blocked by security software. Also if you give us Excel we have to create a SAS data set and due to the non-existent constraints on Excel data cells the result we end up with may not have variables of the same type (numeric or character) and even values.

Use this link to create a data step that you can post as text or attach as a text file for better description of your data: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/How-to-create-a-data-step-version-of-your-data-AKA-generate/ta-p/258712

It also helps to provide the layout of the expected results.

Re: Update/Move Column Contents

Shmuel — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:51:44 GMT

You can repair your data-set by overriding 1st observation values.

Pay attention to variables type: CHAR or NUM to write the correct values as correct litterals;

data new;

set old;

if _N_ = 1 then do;

Salesman_name_dept = "Michael Perry A001 Manufacturing";

Sale_date = '10Jan09'd;

Reorder = 50;

Event = 10;

BuySell = 45.45;

Amount = 5000.75;

end;

run;

Re: Update/Move Column Contents

GPatel — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:58:27 GMT

Issue has been resolved. Thanks to SAS communities members !

- GPatel