Hi
Maybe my problem is very simple, but I can't with this!
I have this data set:
ID | Gender | Disease1 |
44 | 2 | 1390 |
44 | 2 | 1546 |
44 | 2 | 1670 |
57 | 1 | 2980 |
57 | 1 | 1546 |
83 | 2 | 1390 |
I tried with this:
proc traspose data=example out =example1 prefix=disease;
var disease;
by id;
run;
but I want to something like this:
ID | Gender | Disease1_1 | Disease1_2 | Disease1_3 |
44 | 2 | 1390 | 1546 | 1670 |
57 | 1 | 2980 | 1546 | - |
83 | 2 | 1390 | - | - |
How can I do it?
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
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;
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
Thank you very much!
You right, I was close... but I needed a push!
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