I have a dataset "excluded_id" that has unique people identified by varA varB varC
And then a master dataset "all_claims", with multiple observations per unique person (as identified by a unique combo of varA varB varC)
How might I drop all observations in "all_claims" tied to a given person, if that person shows up in excluded_id?
Basically the pseudocode is something like:
data final;
set all_claims;
where varA varB varC not in (excluded_id);
The trick is that each unique person is identified by a unique combo of varA varB varC...
run;
** UNTESTED CODE **
Assumes both data sets are sorted by varA varB varC.
data final;
merge all_claims(in=in1) excluded_id(in=in2);
by varA varB varC;
where in1 and not in2;
run;
** UNTESTED CODE **
Assumes both data sets are sorted by varA varB varC.
data final;
merge all_claims(in=in1) excluded_id(in=in2);
by varA varB varC;
where in1 and not in2;
run;
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