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Tom_87
Calcite | Level 5

See the title and the attached file. How do I write the SAS code to create variable 3? I am not very experienced with SAS, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Edit- Thank you Bruno, that worked perfectly!

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BrunoMueller
SAS Super FREQ

Hi

Assuming the input data is sorted by var_1, then the following code should do what you want:

data want;
  set have;
  by Var_1;
  if first.var_1 = 1 then do;
   
retain checkForA;
    checkForA = 1;
 
end;
 
if checkForA = 1 and var_2 = "A" then do;
    var_3_sas =
1;
    checkForA =
0;
 
end;
  var_3_sas = coalesce(var_3_sas,
0);
run;

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BrunoMueller
SAS Super FREQ

Hi

Assuming the input data is sorted by var_1, then the following code should do what you want:

data want;
  set have;
  by Var_1;
  if first.var_1 = 1 then do;
   
retain checkForA;
    checkForA = 1;
 
end;
 
if checkForA = 1 and var_2 = "A" then do;
    var_3_sas =
1;
    checkForA =
0;
 
end;
  var_3_sas = coalesce(var_3_sas,
0);
run;

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