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shynu
Fluorite | Level 6

How do I select the first non missing value??

 

Write a program to get the below O/P:
i/P:
1
12
123
1234


o/p:
0001
0012
0123
1234

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

1) What do you mean by "select the first"?  Do you only want to output to dataset the first one?  

2)

data want;
length op $4; set have; op=put(ip,z4.); run;

The Zx. format will put out the zeroes.

Reeza
Super User

Your question statement has no relation to your desired output...

shynu
Fluorite | Level 6

I'am sorry, they are 2 different questions.

 And in the first question I mean to ask, if there are a set of observations with missing and non missing values of a variable, how can I output the 1st non missing value of that variable.

 

Thank you.

Reeza
Super User

@shynu wrote:

I'am sorry, they are 2 different questions.

 And in the first question I mean to ask, if there are a set of observations with missing and non missing values of a variable, how can I output the 1st non missing value of that variable.

 

Thank you.


 

 

Post sample input/output as well. 

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