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shru
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

My dataset is like this,

id  record1-record4

1 23 . . .

2 24 34 45 46

3 65 76 . .

4 42 . . .

I want O/p as follows,

id  record

1 23

2 24

2 34

2 45

2 46

3 65

3 76

4 42

Any one help me in achieving this please.

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Astounding
PROC Star

If your objective is to re-shape an existing SAS data set, here's one way:

data new;

   set old;

   array all4 {4} record1-record4;

   do _n_=1 to 4;

      if all4{_n_} > . then do;

         record = all4{_n_};

         output;

     end;

   end;

   keep id record;

run;

If you have some other objective in mind, just let us know.

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Cynthia_sas
SAS Super FREQ

Hi:

  You do not say what your required output is:

1) a data set?

2) a report?

3) if a report, what is your destination of choice? (HTML, RTF, PDF, etc)

Since you are posting this to the ODS and Reporting forum, I figure you must want a report, especially since your asks about "writing" to a new line -- which suggests a report.

You could accomplish a report with a DATA step program, but it would probably be much easier to use a PROC TRANSPOSE to rotate your dataset from "wide" to "long" and then just use PROC PRINT to print the new structure.

cynthia

Astounding
PROC Star

If your objective is to re-shape an existing SAS data set, here's one way:

data new;

   set old;

   array all4 {4} record1-record4;

   do _n_=1 to 4;

      if all4{_n_} > . then do;

         record = all4{_n_};

         output;

     end;

   end;

   keep id record;

run;

If you have some other objective in mind, just let us know.

Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

FWIW:

data _null_;

  if _n_=1 then do;

     dcl hash h(multidata:'y', ordered:'a');

h.definekey('id');

h.definedata('id','record');

h.definedone();

   end;

   set have end=done;

      array r record1-record4;

do over r;

record=r;

if not missing (r) then rc=h.add();

end;

  if (done) then h.output(dataset: 'want');

  run;

Regards,

Haikuo

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