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CarolBarahona
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi
Maybe my problem is very simple, but I can't with this!

I have this data set: 

 

IDGenderDisease1
4421390
4421546
4421670
5712980
5711546
8321390

 

I tried with this: 

 

proc traspose data=example out =example1 prefix=disease;

                       var disease;

                       by id;

run; 

 

 

but I want to something like this: 

 

IDGenderDisease1_1Disease1_2Disease1_3
442139015461670
57129801546-
8321390--

 

How can I do it?

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art297
Opal | Level 21

You were close, but your variable is called disease1 .. NOT disease. The following should work:

 

proc transpose data=example 
               out =example1 (drop=_:) 
               prefix=disease1_;
  var disease1;
  by id gender;
run; 

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

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Reeza
Super User

Putting your data in a wide format will make it more difficult to work with in the long run.

It's common, but it's not because it's a good programming method but because it's common....

 

1. Add an counter variable (1,2,3) so SAS knows the prefix needed and to make each row unique, see link if you need help with this.

2. Then do PROC TRANSPOSE and add the variable to your ID list. 

 

proc transpose data=have out=want prefix=disease_;

by id gender; *you may need to sort as well;

var disease;

id counter;

run;

 

art297
Opal | Level 21

You were close, but your variable is called disease1 .. NOT disease. The following should work:

 

proc transpose data=example 
               out =example1 (drop=_:) 
               prefix=disease1_;
  var disease1;
  by id gender;
run; 

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

CarolBarahona
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you very much!
You right, I was close... but I needed a push!

 

 

 

 

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