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Ypss
Calcite | Level 5

Hi

I have a dataset that looks like this:

abcde
13579
246810

How to change it to:

CharacterNumber
a1
a2
b3
b4
c5
c6
d7
d8
e9
e10

Thank you in advance!

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mohamed_zaki
Barite | Level 11

data have;

input a b c d e;

cards;

1 3 5 7 9

2 4 6 8 10

;

run;

proc transpose data=have out=have;

run;

proc transpose data=have out=have;

by _name_;

run;

Loko
Barite | Level 11

Hello,

A data step solution:

data have;
input a b c d e;
datalines;
1 3 5 7 9
2 4 6 8 10
;

data want;
set have;
array vars{*} a--e;
do i=1 to dim(vars);
character=vname(vars{i});
number=vars{i};
output;
end;

keep character number;
run;

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