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01SASUser
Fluorite | Level 6

I have a table that looks like this:

Col1Col2Col3
1st
2nd
3rdInfoInfo
4th

What I want to do is I will update the values of Col2 and Col3 by getting the value of Col2 and Col3 in the next row.

For example, after updating my initial table, it should now look like this

Col1Col2Col3
1st
2nd InfoInfo
3rd
4th
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Loko
Barite | Level 11

Hello,

data have;
infile datalines truncover;
input Col1 $ Col2 $ Col3 $ ;
datalines;
1st  
2nd  
3rd Info Info
4th
;

data want;
merge have(keep=col1) have(drop=col1 firstobs=2);
run;

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Loko
Barite | Level 11

Hello,

data have;
infile datalines truncover;
input Col1 $ Col2 $ Col3 $ ;
datalines;
1st  
2nd  
3rd Info Info
4th
;

data want;
merge have(keep=col1) have(drop=col1 firstobs=2);
run;

01SASUser
Fluorite | Level 6

I tried the program and it worked! thanks for helping! Smiley Happy

LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

There's got to be more rules that could apply to this update, no? What about id/by variables, sort order...?

Unless, you could just copy paste in a view data window....

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