How do I find the 3 highest values for each observation across rows?
For instance:
ID X1 X2 X3 X4 X5
1 0 2 3 4 5
2 0 0 1 2 3
3 0 0 3 4 5
The 3 largest for:
ID1=3,4,5
ID2=1,2,3
ID3= 3,4,5
I know this for the max value:
data MinMaxRows; set sashelp.Iris; array x {*} _numeric_; max = max(of x[*]); run;
But how do I code for the three highest values?
Thank you!
Hi, couple ideas (not sure if you want them as THREE TWO ONE or as ONE TWO THREE) ...
data x;
input id x1-x5;
datalines;
1 0 2 3 4 5
2 0 0 1 2 3
3 0 0 3 4 5
;
data largest;
set x;
three = max(of x: );
two = largest(2, of x: );
one = largest(3,of x: );
run;
data largest;
array y(3) three two one;
set x;
do _n_=1 to 3;
y(_n_) = largest(_n_, of x: );
end;
run;
both give ...
Obs id x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 three two one
1 1 0 2 3 4 5 5 4 3
2 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 1
3 3 0 0 3 4 5 5 4 3
Hi, couple ideas (not sure if you want them as THREE TWO ONE or as ONE TWO THREE) ...
data x;
input id x1-x5;
datalines;
1 0 2 3 4 5
2 0 0 1 2 3
3 0 0 3 4 5
;
data largest;
set x;
three = max(of x: );
two = largest(2, of x: );
one = largest(3,of x: );
run;
data largest;
array y(3) three two one;
set x;
do _n_=1 to 3;
y(_n_) = largest(_n_, of x: );
end;
run;
both give ...
Obs id x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 three two one
1 1 0 2 3 4 5 5 4 3
2 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 1
3 3 0 0 3 4 5 5 4 3
This is exactly what I needed. thank you!
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