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desireatem
Pyrite | Level 9

Hello 

 

I have this data set;

 

data A;

input id  admit;

cards;

001        2001

001        2002

001        2002

002        2001

002        2001

003        2002

;

run;

 

I wish to create data B from A

 

data B;

input id  admit SeqN ;

cards;

001        2001     1

001        2002     2

001        2002     3

002        2001     1

002        2001     2

003        2002     1

;

run;

I want to create a SeqN from Data A.

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
Astounding
PROC Star

As long as your data set is sorted by ID:

 

data want;

set have;

by id;

if first.id then SeqN=1;

else SeqN + 1;

run;

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Astounding
PROC Star

As long as your data set is sorted by ID:

 

data want;

set have;

by id;

if first.id then SeqN=1;

else SeqN + 1;

run;

desireatem
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you!!!

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Good use for ifn()?

data want;
  set have;
  by id;
  seqn=ifn(first.id,1,seqn+1);
run;

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