I have a data table with 5 vars that I want to do some work with. The names of these vars are Sec1-Sec5
Sec1 Sec2 Sec3 Sec4 Sec5
Test1 Test2 Test3 Test5
Test1
Test2 Test4
With the above data I need to create a field that will tell me which fields are populated.
I want my end result to look like this
1,2,3,5
1
2,4
What is the best way to approach this?
Thank you
A little array processing is one way to solve this...
data want;
set have;
array Secs[5] sec1-sec5;
length populated $10;
do i = 1 to 5;
if secs ne '' then
populated = catx(',', populated, put(i,1.));
end;
drop i;
run;
Or, adding a few tricks of the trade (learned mostly on this Forum) :
data want;
set have;
array S{*} sec:;
length populated $10;
do i = 1 to dim(S);
if not missing(S{i}) then
populated = catx(',', populated, i);
end;
drop i;
run;
PG
alternatively,
data want;
set have;
populated=compress(catx(',',of sec1-sec5),,'a');
run;
Thanks,
Jagadish
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