Hello,
I need to create a new variable that contains the answer with the highest frequency across variables (SAS version 9.4). For example:
id var
100 2
100 2
100 2
100 4
100 5
101 3
101 3
101 1
101 2
101 3
102 4
102 4
102 5
102 2
102 1
I want to add a new variable, so that:
id newvar
100 2
101 3
102 4
It seems like there should be a relatively simple answer, but can't seem to figure out. I can transpose to wide if that is better. Any advice will be great, thanks!
@at16 You could mark one of the two solutions that you intend to use as accepted and close the thread.
ods output onewayfreqs=test;
proc freq data=;
tables var;
by id;
run;
proc sort data=test;
by id descending frequency;
run;
proc sort data=test nodupkey;
by id;
run;
?
Thank you!
data have;
input id var;
cards;
100 2
100 2
100 2
100 4
100 5
101 3
101 3
101 1
101 2
101 3
102 4
102 4
102 5
102 2
102 1
;
proc freq data=have order=freq noprint;
by id;
tables var/out=temp(drop=percent);
run;
data want;
set temp;
by id;
if first.id;
run;
Thank you for your help!
@at16 I meant mark the one of the above contributors who gave you the solution. lol
@at16 You could mark one of the two solutions that you intend to use as accepted and close the thread.
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