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daszlosek
Quartz | Level 8

Hello everyone,

 

I am trying to calculate the length and number of interruptions between dates for each subject ID. 

 

Here is the an example of what the data looks like in explorer:

 

usubjid

startdate

enddate

12

2009-03-25

2010-10-26

12

2010-10-30

2011-01-30

12

2011-02-15

2011-03-16

13

2010-12-11

2011-01-13

13

2011-04-13

2011-07-30

 

 

For each subjectid, I would like to know the total number of interruptions and the total length of each interruptions. 

 

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Donald S.

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Try this:

 

data have;
format startdate  enddate YYMMDD10.;
input usubjid startdate :YYMMDD10. enddate: YYMMDD10.;
datalines;
12	2009-03-25	2010-10-26
12	2010-10-30	2011-01-30
12	2011-02-15	2011-03-16
13	2010-12-11	2011-01-13
13	2011-04-13	2011-07-30
;

proc sort data = have;
by usubjid startdate;
run;

data want;
do until(last.usubjid);
    set have; by usubjid;
    call missing(daysInterruptions);
    if not missing(lastDate) then do;
        if startDate > lastDate then do;
            nbInterruptions = sum(nbInterruptions, 1);
            daysInterruptions = intck("DAY", lastDate, startDate);
            end;
        end;
    output;
    lastDate = endDate;
    end;
drop lastDate;
run; 

proc print data=want noobs; run;
PG

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mohamed_zaki
Barite | Level 11

Could you give example of your desired output based on the data you posted?

daszlosek
Quartz | Level 8

 

Yes Here is an example of the output, I also included how I would like to calculate the length:

 

 

usubjid

startdate

enddate

# of interruptions

 Calc length

 Length of Interruption

12

3/25/2009

10/26/2010

 

 

 

12

10/30/2010

1/30/2011

1

10/30/2010 - 10/26/2010

4

12

2/15/2011

3/16/2011

2

 2/15/2011 - 1/30/2011

16

13

12/11/2010

1/13/2011

 

 

 

13

4/13/2011

7/30/2011

1

 4/13/2011 - 1/13/2011

90

 

 

I hope this made things a little clearer,

 

Thank you,

 

Donald S.

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Try this:

 

data have;
format startdate  enddate YYMMDD10.;
input usubjid startdate :YYMMDD10. enddate: YYMMDD10.;
datalines;
12	2009-03-25	2010-10-26
12	2010-10-30	2011-01-30
12	2011-02-15	2011-03-16
13	2010-12-11	2011-01-13
13	2011-04-13	2011-07-30
;

proc sort data = have;
by usubjid startdate;
run;

data want;
do until(last.usubjid);
    set have; by usubjid;
    call missing(daysInterruptions);
    if not missing(lastDate) then do;
        if startDate > lastDate then do;
            nbInterruptions = sum(nbInterruptions, 1);
            daysInterruptions = intck("DAY", lastDate, startDate);
            end;
        end;
    output;
    lastDate = endDate;
    end;
drop lastDate;
run; 

proc print data=want noobs; run;
PG
daszlosek
Quartz | Level 8

Hello PGStats, your code worked exactly the way I needed! Thank you very much! I have never seen an until function before, but it makes things MUCH eaier than the do loops I was trying to do before! Glad to learn something new!

FreelanceReinh
Jade | Level 19

Just a remark: There is no "UNTIL function", but only the DO UNTIL statement, which marks the beginning of a loop in which statements are executed repetitively until a condition is true. This exit condition is written in parentheses after the UNTIL keyword -- a notation which in fact resembles that of a function call.

 

PG used this DO UNTIL loop in a special way:

do until(last.varname);
  set dataset;
  by varname;
  ...
end;

This and similar constructs are known as "DOW loops." Here's an introductory paper on this useful, somewhat advanced SAS programming technique: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi28/099-28.pdf. There are more on the web, just search for "DOW loop" SAS.

 

daszlosek
Quartz | Level 8
Thank you FreelanceReinhard, I look forward to reading this!
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Please try this alternative method

 

data want;
set have;
by usubjid;
prevdate=lag(enddate);
if first.usubjid then prevdate=.;
Length_of_Interruption=intck('day',prevdate,startdate);
format prevdate date9.;
run;
Thanks,
Jag
daszlosek
Quartz | Level 8
Hello Jag,

Your way also works as a correct solution!

Thank you very much!
Ksharp
Super User
data have;
infile cards expandtabs truncover;
format startdate  enddate YYMMDD10.;
input usubjid startdate :YYMMDD10. enddate: YYMMDD10.;
datalines;
12	2009-03-25	2010-10-26
12	2010-10-30	2011-01-30
12	2011-02-15	2011-03-16
13	2010-12-11	2011-01-13
13	2011-04-13	2011-07-30
;

proc sort data = have;
by usubjid startdate;
run;
data want;
 set have;
 by usubjid ;
 lag_enddate=lag(enddate) ;
 if first.usubjid  then group=0;
  else if startdate gt lag_enddate then do;
    group+1;
    n=group;
    dif=startdate - lag_enddate;
  end;
 drop lag_enddate group;
run;

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