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vpgodbole
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi All,

 

I have this dataset:

Exposure  Name

101           Sandra

101           

 

101           Tiffany

101           Abel

101

101           

 

I Want :

Expsoure  Name

101           Sandra

101           Sandra

101           Tiffany

101           Abel

101           Abel

101           Abel

 

How can I carry forward character value to subsequent missing rows until it reaches a non-missing cell.

I tried using lag but it doesn't work if more than 1 row has missing value.

 

Thanks!

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
infile datalines truncover;
input (Exposure  Name) ($);
cards;
101           Sandra
101           
101           Tiffany
101           Abel
101
101           
;

data want;
set have;
by exposure;
length n $50; retain n ; if first.exposure then call missing(n); if not missing(name) then n=name; else name=n; drop n; run;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
infile datalines truncover;
input (Exposure  Name) ($);
cards;
101           Sandra
101           
101           Tiffany
101           Abel
101
101           
;
data want;
update have(obs=0) have;
by exposure;
output;
run;
 

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