It seems like this should be pretty simple, but I can't find a way to make it work. I have a table with multiple observations and 20 variables. I want to pull one observation from that table and put the values into a column.
When I try proc transpose it only gives me half the variables, namely those with numerical values.
I just need to go from this:
name | this | that | other | those |
Bob | 5 | male | 42 | 5/31/2016 |
to this:
Bob |
5 |
male |
42 |
5/31/2016 |
Is there any easy way to do this?
Hi @grungoo,
By default, PROC TRANSPOSE transposes only numeric variables, but if you list character variables in the VAR statement, they will be transposed as well. So, the simplest way to transpose all variables is probably to use the statement
var _all_;
in the PROC TRANSPOSE step.
Hi @grungoo,
By default, PROC TRANSPOSE transposes only numeric variables, but if you list character variables in the VAR statement, they will be transposed as well. So, the simplest way to transpose all variables is probably to use the statement
var _all_;
in the PROC TRANSPOSE step.
I knew it had to be something simple. Thank you!
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