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SSeg
Calcite | Level 5

I am trying to take the following dataset:

 

Parent ID  DOB  Zip Country

123  201303  93490  US

123  201107  93940  US

123  200912  93940  US

 

and turn it into 

 

123  201303 93490 US 201107 93940 US 200912 93940 US

 

I tried this:

ARRAY ZIP {*} $ ZIP1-ZIP4;
ARRAY CNTRY {*} $ CNTRY1-CNTRY4;
ARRAY DOB_ {*} $ DOB1-DOB4;
IF FIRST.ID & LAST.ID THEN DO;
ZIP1 = ADD_ZIP; CNTRY1 = ADD_CNTRY;
DOB1 = DOB;
END;
ELSE DO UNTIL (LAST.ID);
     DO X = 1 TO DIM(ZIP);
     ZIP{X} = ADD_ZIP; DOB_{X} = DOB; CNTRY{X}=ADD_CNTRY;
     END;
END;
IF LAST.ID THEN OUTPUT;

 

This does not work - I ID had two distinct records and it returned ZIP1-ZIP4, DOB1-DOB4, CNTRY1-CNTRY4 instead of just 1st block and 2nd block with data and blocks 3 and 4 empty.

 

I know that somehow I need to advance ID to next line as X increases, but I am lost.  Help, please ?

 

Scott, from Calif.

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

I have adapted your code to fix it:

data want(drop=i dob add_zip add_cntry);
 set have;
    retain i zip1-zip4 CNTRY1-CNTRY4 DOB1-DOB4;
	ARRAY ZIP {*} $ ZIP1-ZIP4;
	ARRAY CNTRY {*} $ CNTRY1-CNTRY4;
	ARRAY DOB_ {*} $ DOB1-DOB4;
	
	if first.ID then do; 
	   i=1;
	   call missing(of zip(*));
	   call missing(of cntry(*));
	   call missing(of dob_(*));
	end;
	ZIP(i) = ADD_ZIP; 
	CNTRY(i) = ADD_CNTRY;
	DOB_(i) = DOB;
	IF LAST.ID THEN OUTPUT;
i+1; run;

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

I have adapted your code to fix it:

data want(drop=i dob add_zip add_cntry);
 set have;
    retain i zip1-zip4 CNTRY1-CNTRY4 DOB1-DOB4;
	ARRAY ZIP {*} $ ZIP1-ZIP4;
	ARRAY CNTRY {*} $ CNTRY1-CNTRY4;
	ARRAY DOB_ {*} $ DOB1-DOB4;
	
	if first.ID then do; 
	   i=1;
	   call missing(of zip(*));
	   call missing(of cntry(*));
	   call missing(of dob_(*));
	end;
	ZIP(i) = ADD_ZIP; 
	CNTRY(i) = ADD_CNTRY;
	DOB_(i) = DOB;
	IF LAST.ID THEN OUTPUT;
i+1; run;

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