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Mikkel_madsen
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi, 

 

I have the dataset "have" where I want to create a new variable. 

The new variable should count observations with the same ID. I have:

 

IDGPSOpenStore
189503Y1
112353Y1
106834N2
295736N2
201475Y3
364758Y4

 

The new variable count should be like:

 

IDGPSOpenStoreCount
189503Y13
112353Y13
106834N23
295736N22
201475Y32
364758Y41

 

Hope you can help me! Thank you. 

 

Kind regards MM

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

data have;
input ID	GPS $	Open $	Store;
cards;
1	89503	Y	1
1	12353	Y	1
1	06834	N	2
2	95736	N	2
2	01475	Y	3
3	64758	Y	4
;

proc sql;
create table want as
select *, count(id) as count
from have
group by id
order by id,store;
quit ;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

data have;
input ID	GPS $	Open $	Store;
cards;
1	89503	Y	1
1	12353	Y	1
1	06834	N	2
2	95736	N	2
2	01475	Y	3
3	64758	Y	4
;

proc sql;
create table want as
select *, count(id) as count
from have
group by id
order by id,store;
quit ;
ed_sas_member
Meteorite | Level 14

Hi @Mikkel_madsen 

You can use a PROC SQL for example:

proc sql;
	create table want as
	select *, count(*) as count
	from have
	group by id;
run;

Best,

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Hi @Mikkel_madsen  I am sharing another smart stuff taught by genius @mkeintz  to whom I owe a lot of my learning


data have;
input ID	GPS $	Open $	Store;
cards;
1	89503	Y	1
1	12353	Y	1
1	06834	N	2
2	95736	N	2
2	01475	Y	3
3	64758	Y	4
;

data want;
 set have(in=a) have(in=b);
 by id;
 retain count;
 if first.id then count=0;
 if a then count=sum(count,1);
 if b;
run;
mkeintz
PROC Star

And, in the pursuit of terminal cuteness, one can: 

 

data have;
input ID	GPS $	Open $	Store;
cards;
1	89503	Y	1
1	12353	Y	1
1	06834	N	2
2	95736	N	2
2	01475	Y	3
3	64758	Y	4
;

data want;
 set have(in=countme) have(in=keepme);
 by id;
 if first.id then count=0;
 count+countme;
 if keepme;
run;

Sorry ... couldn't resist. 

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