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Andres_Fuentes1
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Dear, I have not been able to solve the following problem, hopefully you can help me. I have an ID with associated dates, and I need to sort the data by ID, descending date and count these records one by one. for instance: the table I have 

Andres_Fuentes1_0-1633364693835.png

 

and this is the result that I should get.

 

Andres_Fuentes1_1-1633364800590.png

 

 

thanks you.

 

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Reeza
Super User
proc sort data=have;
by ID descending date;
run;

data want;
set have;
by id descending date;

if first.id then number_order=1;
else number_order+1;

run;

https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/faq/how-can-i-create-an-enumeration-variable-by-groups/

 


@Andres_Fuentes1 wrote:

Dear, I have not been able to solve the following problem, hopefully you can help me. I have an ID with associated dates, and I need to sort the data by ID, descending date and count these records one by one. for instance: the table I have 

Andres_Fuentes1_0-1633364693835.png

 

and this is the result that I should get.

 

Andres_Fuentes1_1-1633364800590.png

 

 

thanks you.

 


 

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Reeza
Super User
proc sort data=have;
by ID descending date;
run;

data want;
set have;
by id descending date;

if first.id then number_order=1;
else number_order+1;

run;

https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/faq/how-can-i-create-an-enumeration-variable-by-groups/

 


@Andres_Fuentes1 wrote:

Dear, I have not been able to solve the following problem, hopefully you can help me. I have an ID with associated dates, and I need to sort the data by ID, descending date and count these records one by one. for instance: the table I have 

Andres_Fuentes1_0-1633364693835.png

 

and this is the result that I should get.

 

Andres_Fuentes1_1-1633364800590.png

 

 

thanks you.

 


 

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