* I want to retain my format of values even after proc transpose how to do that;
data a;
input year groupx respondents resa resb resc;
cards;
2007 5 10 100 . .
2008 4 13 61 23 15
2009 5 13 38 53 7
2010 7 20 60 25 15
;
run;
proc transpose data=a out=b;
run;
proc transpose data=b out=c(drop=_name_);
run;
data d(drop=i resa resb resc);
set c;
format b1 b2 b3 percent6.;
array a[*] resa resb resc ;
array b[3] b1 b2 b3;
do i=1 to 3;
b{i}=a{i}/100;
end;
run;
The format will be retained when the transposed variables share the same format. Look at this example:
data a;
input year groupx respondents resa resb resc;
format resa resb resc z4.0;
cards;
2007 5 10 100 . .
2008 4 13 61 23 15
2009 5 13 38 53 7
2010 7 20 60 25 15
;
proc transpose data=a out=b;
by year groupx respondents notsorted;
var resa resb resc;
run;
proc transpose data=b out=c(drop=_name_);
by year groupx respondents notsorted;
var col1;
id _name_;
run;
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