I was wondering if someone could help me with a simple but yet complex task that's driving me nuts. Thanks.
My data set in excel
dog | cat | mice | camel | pigeon | cow | goat | fish | horse | donkey | monkey | lion | rat |
9 | 7 | 0.25 | 2534 | 0.57 | 2243 | 18 | 4 | 3456 | 3312 | 23 | 1544 | 0.69 |
I want to create two variables 'animals' and 'weight' to match each animal in columns with respective weight without modifying the data. Just by using proc import and or proc sort.
proc import datafile='E:\Copy of final examination.xls' out=Animals dbms=xls replace;sheet=animals;run;
The trick is to use function vname to get the variable names and the _NUMERIC_ variable list to populate an array :
data want;
set animals;
array v{*} _NUMERIC_;
do i = 1 to dim(v);
animal = vname(v{i});
weight = v{i};
output;
end;
keep animal weight;
run;
PG
The trick is to use function vname to get the variable names and the _NUMERIC_ variable list to populate an array :
data want;
set animals;
array v{*} _NUMERIC_;
do i = 1 to dim(v);
animal = vname(v{i});
weight = v{i};
output;
end;
keep animal weight;
run;
PG
Wow thank you for your help that's exactly what I was trying to figure out!
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