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DmytroYermak
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi all,

 

For instance a dataset is sorted by variable X.

 

How in one iteration reveal if an observation is only one in a group:

 

if first.X and last.X ...

 

Thank you! 

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Thats it you have it.  

data want;
  set have;
  by x;
  if first.x and last.x then only_one="Yes";
  else only_one="No";
run;

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Thats it you have it.  

data want;
  set have;
  by x;
  if first.x and last.x then only_one="Yes";
  else only_one="No";
run;
DmytroYermak
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
You are definitely right ). It was rather a "tough" day today (
RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

No probs, it likely not be the first or last tough day!

srinath3111
Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

 

If you sort a data set  and in a data step when you specify by variable then sas creates two automatic variables back end they are first.by variable and last.by variable.

 

first.by variable value is=1 for the first observation in a dataset and rest of all the by group will be =0 except last.by variable. that will be one

 

You can observe it by writing example

 

proc sort data=ds;
by sex;
run;
data ds;
set sashelp.classfit;
by sex;
put _all_;'

if first.sex and last.x then flag=1;

else flag=0;
run;

 

Thanks

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