topic Re: how to keep the highest number within variable x for the ones with same date in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183942#M46766 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And do you want a dataset or a report?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:35:19 GMT ballardw 2014-04-17T19:35:19Z how to keep the highest number within variable x for the ones with same date https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183940#M46764 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi folks, just had a question popped up on averaging the observations in variable y within the same x's (plz find the attached) </P><P></P><P>1) how to keep the highest number of directors within the same annual report date of a company?</P><P>2) how to average the number of directors within the same annual report date of a company?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:45:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183940#M46764 aarony 2014-04-17T16:45:24Z Re: how to keep the highest number within variable x for the ones with same date https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183941#M46765 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What do you want your output data to look like. </P><P></P><P>I generally prefer a small sample of data embedded in the question, rather than an attachment (my preference though <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.sas.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" />)</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:57:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183941#M46765 Reeza 2014-04-17T16:57:58Z Re: how to keep the highest number within variable x for the ones with same date https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183942#M46766 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>And do you want a dataset or a report?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:35:19 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/how-to-keep-the-highest-number-within-variable-x-for-the-ones/m-p/183942#M46766 ballardw 2014-04-17T19:35:19Z