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usuario_estudo
Calcite | Level 5

Table Have

 IDID_REF
140,33 
20,4 
0,12 
0,8 
0,154 

 

Table Want 

 IDID_REFY
140,33 0,33 
20,4 0,4 
0,12 0,12
0,8 0,8 
0,154 0,8

 

I want to create a code to create the column Y, whose value will be:

when ID<ID_REF, then Y=X,
when ID>=ID_REF, then Y will always have the same value, which will be the value of X when ID=ID_REF

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
 set have;
 by id_ref;
 retain y;
 if first.id_ref then call missing(y);
 if ID<=ID_REF then y=x;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
 set have;
 by id_ref;
 retain y;
 if first.id_ref then call missing(y);
 if ID<=ID_REF then y=x;
run;
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

I would do:

 

data want;
retain y;
set have;
if id <= id_ref then y = x;
output;
if id < id_ref then call missing (y);
run;
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