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yashpande
Obsidian | Level 7

This could probably be the really novice task but i am unable to get the answer easily.

My EMP table looks like this

Emp_NameAddressPhoneDept
abc 1234
abcpark road
abc Sales

What I want in output is single observation like

Emp_NameAddressPhoneDept
abcpark road1234Sales

Need direction please

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

You can also do the same thing by merging:

data have;

  infile datalines dlm="," dsd;

  input Emp_Name $ Address $ Phone $ Dept $;

datalines;

abc,,1234,

abc,park road,,

abc,,,Sales

;

run;

data want;

  merge have (keep=emp_name address where=(address ne ""))

        have (keep=emp_name phone where=(phone ne ""))

        have (keep=emp_name dept where=(dept ne ""));

  by emp_name;

run;

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Astounding
PROC Star

It's short, but understanding it might require some study on your part.  Assuming your data set is sorted by EMP_NAME:

data want;

   update emp (obs=0) emp;

   by emp_name;

run;

Good luck.

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

You can also do the same thing by merging:

data have;

  infile datalines dlm="," dsd;

  input Emp_Name $ Address $ Phone $ Dept $;

datalines;

abc,,1234,

abc,park road,,

abc,,,Sales

;

run;

data want;

  merge have (keep=emp_name address where=(address ne ""))

        have (keep=emp_name phone where=(phone ne ""))

        have (keep=emp_name dept where=(dept ne ""));

  by emp_name;

run;

normarc
Calcite | Level 5

This is a very simple example.   My question is what business rules do you want to employ when you find something like multiple address for a given employee?   If you had something like a status/update date, then perhaps you could sort on that to help choose?

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