sas sql question

hdg — Wed, 24 May 2017 21:17:14 GMT

Dear all

I have the below table:

date group weight name

5/31 r 10 jarr

5/31 r 20 larr

5/31 r 30 narr

5/31 m 0 sl

5/31 m 20 ksl

6/30 r 10 jarr

6/30 r 20 narr

6/30 r 30 larr

6/30 m 0 ksl

6/30 m 20 sl

I would like to get the maximum weight and name for each date grouped by the group

so the output would look like

5/31 r 30 narr

5/31 m 20 ksl

6/30 r 30 larr

6/30 m 20 sl

Thanks very much

Re: sas sql question

ballardw — Wed, 24 May 2017 21:23:26 GMT

If you have more than one name with the maximum weight what would the output look like?

This should get one record per date group:

proc sort data=have;
   by date group descending weight;
run;

data want ;
   set have;
   by date group;
   if first.group;
run;