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buckeyefisher
Obsidian | Level 7

I want to collapse multiple columsn (as some are empty) into few columsn to reduce size of the file.  

 

Maximum columns populated in Have is 3 so poutput should have 3 columns and orignial 5 can be dropped

 

Have

Record             Class1               Class2             Class3           Class4          Class5

1                        A                                               C                 

 

2                                                   B

 

3                                                                                                D                    E

 

4                       A

 

5                                                      B                  C                   D

 

Want   

 

Record        Classnew1               ClassNew2             ClassNew3        

1                     A                                 C                 

2                     B

3                     D                                 E

4                     A

5                     B                                 C                            D

 

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MikeZdeb
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Hi, I'm sure this question will get lots of replies.  Here's on idea ...

 

data x;
input record (class1-class5) (:$1.);
datalines;
1 A . C . .
2 . B . . .
3 . . . D E
4 A . . . .
5 . B C D .
;

 

data y (keep=record class: );
set x;
array class(5);
new = catt(of class(*));
do i=1 to 5;
    class(i) = char(new,i);
end;
run;

 

data set Y ...

Obs    record    class1    class2    class3    class4    class5

 1        1        A         C
 2        2        B
 3        3        D         E
 4        4        A
 5        5        B         C         D

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MikeZdeb
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Hi, I'm sure this question will get lots of replies.  Here's on idea ...

 

data x;
input record (class1-class5) (:$1.);
datalines;
1 A . C . .
2 . B . . .
3 . . . D E
4 A . . . .
5 . B C D .
;

 

data y (keep=record class: );
set x;
array class(5);
new = catt(of class(*));
do i=1 to 5;
    class(i) = char(new,i);
end;
run;

 

data set Y ...

Obs    record    class1    class2    class3    class4    class5

 1        1        A         C
 2        2        B
 3        3        D         E
 4        4        A
 5        5        B         C         D

LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
Does not the original column name or order have any meaning? How will you use the table further on?
I would sugest that you transpose the table instead, resulting in record, class_no and class_value columns. See PROC TRANSPOSE for details.
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