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antona
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

 

I would like to delete all rows for IDs who only have 0s for var

 

So, in the example below, I would  delete all rows for ID#2.

 

Somehow, I have to read all obs in each by group and then flag those who only have 0 but having trouble finding how..

 

Thanks very much!!

 

Have

 

 

Want

 

 

 

 

 

 

ID

var

 

ID

var

1

1

 

1

1

1

0

 

1

0

1

0

 

1

0

1

0

 

1

0

1

1

 

1

1

1

0

 

1

0

1

1

 

1

1

1

0

 

1

0

2

0

 

3

0

2

0

 

3

0

2

0

 

3

0

2

0

 

3

1

3

0

 

 

 

3

0

 

 

 

3

0

 

 

 

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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smijoss1
Quartz | Level 8

Sql 

 

select  from table 

where id not in ( select id from table group by ID having max(var) = 0 );

andreas_lds
Jade | Level 19

Hello @antona, welcome to the Community!

 

Is  var numeric or alphanumeric?

 

If it is alphanumeric try:

 

data killList;
   set have;
   by id;

   retain onlyZeros;

   if first.id then onlyZeros = 1;
   if var = '1' then onlyZeros = 0;
   if last.id and onlyZeros then output;

   keep id;
run;

data want;
   merge have killList(in= removeIt);
   by id;

   if removeIt then delete;
run;

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