please help me how to display one record per name as data below
name chg1 chg2 chg3 ID
abc 12 12
abc 12 12
abc 12 12
xyz 33 33 33
xyz 33 33
expecting:
name chg1 chg2 chg3 ID
abc 12 12 12
xyz 33 33 33
Thank you
Use update statement:
DATA WANT;
UPDATE HAVE(obs=0) Have;
by Name;
run;
Use update statement:
DATA WANT;
UPDATE HAVE(obs=0) Have;
by Name;
run;
i got 0 observations.
@radha009 , The code given by @SuryaKiran is correct. Post your log please
data have;
input name $ chg1 chg2 chg3 ID;
datalines;
abc 12 . . 12
abc . 12 . 12
abc . 12 . 12
xyz 33 . 33 33
xyz . . 33 33
;
DATA WANT;
UPDATE HAVE(obs=0) Have;
by Name;
run;
99 DATA WANT;
100 UPDATE HAVE(obs=0) Have;
101 by Name;
102 run;
NOTE: There were 0 observations read from the data set WORK.HAVE.
NOTE: There were 5 observations read from the data set WORK.HAVE.
NOTE: The data set WORK.WANT has 2 observations and 5 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
BTW did you sort your dataset?
Thank you all.
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