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KPCklebspn
Obsidian | Level 7

 

Dataset looks like this -

 

Name  ID  flag1

AJ      1     1

AJ      1     .

AJ      1     .

AJ      2     .

AJ      2     .

 

How do I make dataset looks like this -

 

Name  ID  flag1  varWant

AJ      1     1         1

AJ      1     .          1

AJ      1     .          1

AJ      2     .          .

AJ      2     .          .


Thanks!

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Try this — assumes data is sorted by name and id.

 

data want;
    set have;
    retain varWant;
    by name id;
    if first.id and flag1=1 then varWant=1;
    if first.id and flag1^=1 then varWant=.;
run;
    
--
Paige Miller

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
  set have;
  retain varwant;
  by name id;
  if first.name and first.id then varwan1;
run;
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Try this — assumes data is sorted by name and id.

 

data want;
    set have;
    retain varWant;
    by name id;
    if first.id and flag1=1 then varWant=1;
    if first.id and flag1^=1 then varWant=.;
run;
    
--
Paige Miller
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input Name $ ID  flag1;
cards;
AJ      1     1
AJ      1     .
AJ      1     .
AJ      2     .
AJ      2     .
;

data want;
set have;
by id;
retain varWant;
if first.id then do;
call missing(varwant);
if flag1 then varWant=flag1;
end;
run;

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