topic Re: Need assistance in SAS Programming

Need assistance

Praveenit0808 — Wed, 10 May 2017 22:57:52 GMT

what exactly I need is. Here is the problem:

Input name $ status ;
Cards;
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Bb deactivated
Bb deactivated
Bb deactivated
Dd deactivated
Dd deactivated
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Cc active
Cc active
;
Run;

O/p should be like this

Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Cc active
Cc active
Cc active
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Cc active
Cc active

How do we do that?

Re: Need assistance

Jagadishkatam — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:05:18 GMT

try to use the below if condition

if index(status,'active')>0;

Re: Need assistance

PeterClemmensen — Thu, 11 May 2017 05:53:57 GMT

If I understand your request correctly, you you want to do this:

Anytime status is active you dont do anything.

Anytime status is deactivated you want to alphabetically increase name, so that Aa becomes Bb and so on.

Am I correct?

Re: Need assistance

Praveenit0808 — Thu, 11 May 2017 06:50:28 GMT

It's not necessary the name should be in alphabetical order. If you look at
the raw data carefully what I need is whenever the status shows deactivated
it should be assigned to the person who is active.

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Re: Need assistance

Praveenit0808 — Thu, 11 May 2017 06:50:29 GMT

Re: Need assistance

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 11 May 2017 07:52:27 GMT

Is there a rule for how the "active" person for a given inactive person is determined? Next in order, least used, ...?