Hi
for the following id's,
id type
1234 old
1234 new
2345 old
4567 old
4567 old
5678 new
5678 new
I would like to categorize the id's like
result:
id type
1234 old
2345 old
4567 old
5678 new
Hi,
Assuming the logic s to just take the first occurence (and its sorted):
data want;
set have;
by id;
if first.id;
run;
This will get you the result you want, but based on the way you ask your question I'm not sure that you don't want to use proc format:
data have;
infile cards dsd;
input id$ type$;
cards;
1234,old
1234,new
2345,old
4567,old
4567,old
5678,new
5678,new
;
proc sort data=have;by id type;
data want;
set have;
by id;
if last.id;
run;
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