I have a data set structured as follows:
ID repeat firstID
1 0
2 0
3 1 2
4 0
5 0
6 1 4,5
So I need to keep only the new IDs for patients who were repeats. In this example, I would need to remove 2, 4, 5. Some have multiple previous IDs, so there is a comma separating them. What is the most efficient way to do this?
Making some assumptions about the format of the data and the variables you want to keep in the output this should give you what you're asking for
data have;
length id $1 repeat 8. firstid $3;
infile datalines dlm='09'x missover truncover;
input id repeat firstid;
datalines;
1 0
2 0
3 1 2
4 0
5 0
6 1 4,5
;
run;
proc sql;
create table repeats
as select firstid
from have
where firstid ne "";
quit;
data repeatslong(keep=id);
set repeats;
if count(firstid,",") > 0 then do;
do i = 1 to (count(firstid,",")+1);
id=scan(firstid,i,",");
output;
end;
end;
else do;
id=firstid;
output;
end;
run;
proc sql;
create table want
as select id, repeat
from have
where id not in
(select id
from repeatslong)
;
quit;
I tend to use SAS hash tables to create black-lists or white-lists. Below an example.
data have;
length id $1 repeat 8. firstid $3;
infile datalines dlm='09'x truncover;
input id repeat firstid;
datalines;
1 0
2 0
3 1 2
4 0
5 0
6 1 4,5
;
run;
data want(drop=_:);
if _n_=1 then
do;
dcl hash h1();
h1.defineKey('id');
h1.defineDone();
do until(last);
set have(keep=firstid) end=last;
if not missing(firstid) then
do _i=1 by 1;
id=scan(firstid,_i,',');
if missing(id) then leave;
h1.ref();
end;
end;
end;
set have;
if h1.check() then output;
run;
You can also do it with a relatively simple datastep solution:
data have; length id $1 repeat 8. firstid $3; infile cards truncover; input id repeat firstid; cards; 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 4 0 5 0 6 1 4,5 ; run; data drop; set have; where firstid;
/* parse firstid */ do _N_=1 to countw(firstid,',');
id=scan(firstid,_N_,','); output; end; keep id; run; proc sort data=drop; by id; run; data want; merge have drop(in=drop); by id; if not drop; run;
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