09-16-2015 10:45 AM
My data currently looks like this:
LoanId Product_Code
32456 Fixed-30
32456 Fixed-30
32456
32456
75639 Fixed-15
75639
75639
84732 Adjustable-Rate
84732 Adjustable-Rate
84732
84732
I need to fill in the blanks in the product_code variable so that my records have no blanks; please not that product_code is a character variable. Utlimately, I need my data to look like this.
LoanId Product_Code
32456 Fixed-30
32456 Fixed-30
32456 Fixed-30
32456 Fixed-30
75639 Fixed-15
75639 Fixed-15
75639 Fixed-15
84732 Adjustable-Rate
84732 Adjustable-Rate
84732 Adjustable-Rate
84732 Adjustable-Rate
Any help would be extremely appreciated; thanks in advance.
09-16-2015 11:20 AM
If you don't want to sort the data:
data want;
set have;
if _n_=1 then lprod=product_code;
retain lprod;
if missing(x) then product_code= lprod;
else lprod=product_code;
drop lprod;
run;
09-16-2015 10:53 AM - edited 09-16-2015 10:54 AM
I believe first. will be correct
Proc sort data=have;
by LoanId Product_Code;
run;
data want(rename=(product_code_=product_code));
set have;
by LoanId Product_Code;
retain product_code_;
if first.product_code then product_code_='';
if product_code ne '' then product_code_=product_code;
drop product_code;
run;
Thanks,
Jag
09-16-2015 11:20 AM
If you don't want to sort the data:
data want;
set have;
if _n_=1 then lprod=product_code;
retain lprod;
if missing(x) then product_code= lprod;
else lprod=product_code;
drop lprod;
run;
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