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twildone
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi....I am trying to replace the missing values for the Start Date and Completion Date with the previous non missing dates and can't seem to get it to work. Any suggestions...thanks

 

 

StudentStatusID StudentUID Programs CompletionDate StartDate q
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-09-05 2013-09-05
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-27 2013-09-02 2013-09-02
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02 2013-07-02
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02  
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02  
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02  
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02  
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02  
68509 16710 Technical Drafting 2014-06-20 2013-07-02 2013-07-02
68509 16710 Technical Drafting          .          .          .
68509 16710 Technical Drafting          .          .          .

 

 

proc sort data=StudentList26a;
by StudentUID StudentStatusID Programs descending StartDate;
run;

data StudentList26c;
do until(last.StudentUID);
set StudentList26a;
by StudentUID StudentStatusID Programs StartDate notsorted;
if last.StartDate and not missing(StartDate) then do;
q = StartDate;
end; 
if missing(StartDate) then do;
StartDate=q;
end; 
output;
end;
run;
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Astounding
PROC Star

I'm not sure you should be sorting in DESCENDING order, but that part is up to you.  Once you have sorted, here is an easy way:

 

data want;

update have (obs=0) have;

by StudentStatusID StudentUID Programs;

output;

run;

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You can use the RETAIN statement to achieve the result you want. See SAS help for examples.

 

You could also probably use the LAG statement.

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Paige Miller
Astounding
PROC Star

I'm not sure you should be sorting in DESCENDING order, but that part is up to you.  Once you have sorted, here is an easy way:

 

data want;

update have (obs=0) have;

by StudentStatusID StudentUID Programs;

output;

run;

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