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Smitha9
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi,

I need help in flagging the ID's.

dataset1    dataset2

ID                  ID

1                     1

2                     3

3                     5

4

I need to flag the identical ID's

in the above example I need to flag dataset1 which has same ID as dataset2. like ID's 1 3 5 needs to be flagged.

 

thanks in advance

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

data flaged;

 merge dataset1(in=in1)

           dataset2(in=in2);

   by ID;

       if in1;

       if in2 then flag=1; else flag=0;

run;

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

data flaged;

 merge dataset1(in=in1)

           dataset2(in=in2);

   by ID;

       if in1;

       if in2 then flag=1; else flag=0;

run;

ballardw
Super User

What does the output look like?

 

Is the data currently sorted by Id?

 

Are there duplicates of ID in either of the sets? If so which one(s)? And what would the output for duplicates look like?

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