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nketata
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi all,

 

I have a list of teams with the name of their executive listed first :

Executive: Moe

bob

sarah

Executive2 : Albert

Joan

Rima

Mark

Executive3: Wendy

etc.

I added 2 variables to tag the executives and the teams, so the file looks like

Executive: Moe 1  1

bob             0  1

sarah          0  1

Executive2 : Albert 1 2

Joan            0 2

Rima           0  2

Mark            0 2

Executive3: Wendy   1 3

etc.

I need another varibale associating the name of the executive with their team. I cannot do a proc format because the file is very long and changes very frequently.

 

Executive: Moe 1  1  Executive: Moe 

bob             0  1 Executive: Moe

sarah          0  1 Executive: Moe

Executive2 : Albert  1 2  Executive2 : Albert 

Joan            0 2 Executive2 : Albert 

Rima           0  2 Executive2 : Albert 

Mark            0 2 Executive2 : Albert 

Executive3: Wendy   1 3 Executive3 : Wendy 

 

Thanks

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Accepted Solutions
Reeza
Super User
Use a find function to search for the word executive in the string, if found, assign it to a variable. Use Retain to hold the value across rows, until you change it again.

retain executive;
if find(name, 'Executive')>0 then executive=name;

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Reeza
Super User
Use a find function to search for the word executive in the string, if found, assign it to a variable. Use Retain to hold the value across rows, until you change it again.

retain executive;
if find(name, 'Executive')>0 then executive=name;
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Since the executive name is always listed first, simply take the first name of each team and store it in a retained variable

 

data want;
retain;
set have; by team;
length execName $32;
if first.team then execName= name;
run;
PG
nketata
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks for your input

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