Hi SAS masters,
I have two datasets below. FirmID and Year are the same.
Have1
FirmID Year Variable1
1001 1995 AA
1001 1996 BB
1001 1997 CC
1002 1992 DD
1002 1993 EE
1002 1994 FF
Have2
FirmID Year Variable2
1001 1995 GG
1001 1996 HH
1001 1997 II
1002 1992 JJ
1002 1993 KK
1002 1994 LL
I would like to add variable1 as observations to variable2 and expect the data like below.
FirmID Year Variable1_2
1001 1995 GG
1001 1995 AA
1001 1996 HH
1001 1996 BB
1001 1997 II
1001 1997 CC
1002 1992 DD
1002 1992 JJ
1002 1993 EE
1002 1993 KK
1002 1994 FF
1002 1994 LL
what code do I need to use? Thanks.
Just rename it on the way in.
data want ;
set have1(rename=(variable1=variable1_2))
have2(rename=(variable2=variable1_2))
;
run;
If the data was already sorted by FIRMID YEAR you can add a BY statement and the result will still be sorted.
data want ;
set have1(rename=(variable1=variable1_2))
have2(rename=(variable2=variable1_2))
;
by firmid year ;
run;
proc sql;
create table want as
select FirmID, Year, Variable1 as Variable1_2
from
(select * from have1
union all
select * from have2)
order by firmid,year;
quit;
data have1;
input FirmID Year Variable1 $;
datalines;
1001 1995 AA
1001 1996 BB
1001 1997 CC
1002 1992 DD
1002 1993 EE
1002 1994 FF
;
data have2;
input FirmID Year Variable2 $;
datalines;
1001 1995 GG
1001 1996 HH
1001 1997 II
1002 1992 JJ
1002 1993 KK
1002 1994 LL
;
data want;
set have2 (rename=Variable2=Variable1_2); output;
set have1 (rename=Variable1=Variable1_2); output;
run;
Just rename it on the way in.
data want ;
set have1(rename=(variable1=variable1_2))
have2(rename=(variable2=variable1_2))
;
run;
If the data was already sorted by FIRMID YEAR you can add a BY statement and the result will still be sorted.
data want ;
set have1(rename=(variable1=variable1_2))
have2(rename=(variable2=variable1_2))
;
by firmid year ;
run;
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