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droofus
Calcite | Level 5

Hi all, I'm new here, please forgive me if I'm posting this wrong or in the wrong area.

I've been struggling with this a bit. I'm trying to sum the most recent consecutive months until a 0 is reached. Please see my have/want below.

HAVE:

Month NCountSUM

1

0
21
31
40
51
60
71
81
91

WANT;

Month NCountSUM
100
211
312
400
511
600
711
812
913

Thanks in advance!

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Homework? Check out the sum statement.

data want;

set have;

if count=0 then sum=0;

else sum + count;

run;

PG

PG
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Alternatively with first.

data want;

set have;

by count notsorted;

if first.count then sum=count;

else sum+count;

run;

Thanks,

Jag

Thanks,
Jag

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