I have a longitudinal data set with rows for a member||visit. I am interested in creating flag by each memberid. In particular, I am looking to create a new flag (flag2) that is based on a certain value of flag1 (in sample data set). I want flag2 to be 1 the first time it sees flag1 = 3 and then kept at 1 for all remaining records for the same memberid. E.G. there may be values other than 3 in subsequent visits for that member, but I still want that member to have flag2 = 1 since it is a record after the first value of flag1 = 3. I've tried using various iterations of retain, sum, etc. and am not having any luck. Would appreciate any thoughts. Please see data below:
data test;
input memberid visit flag1;
datalines;
123 1 0
123 2 0
123 3 1
123 4 0
123 6 3
456 1 3
456 2 7
456 3 0
789 1 0
789 2 1
789 3 2
789 4 0
789 5 3
789 6 0
;
run;
proc sort data=test;
by memberid;
run;
data test2;
set test;
by memberid ;
flag2 = (flag1 = 3);
*but also want for all subsequent observations for that member;
run;
So the data set I want is:
memberid visit flag1 flag2
123 1 0 0
123 2 0 0
123 3 1 0
123 4 0 0
123 6 3 1
456 1 3 1
456 2 7 1
456 3 0 1
789 1 0 0
789 2 1 0
789 3 2 0
789 4 0 0
789 5 3 1
789 6 0 1
Would flag2 ever reset if its only checking on first.memberid?
data test2;
set test;
by memberid ;
retain flag2;
if first.memberid then flag2=.;
flag2 = max((flag1 = 3), flag2);
*but also want for all subsequent observations for that member;
run;
data test2;
set test;
by memberid ;
retain flag2;
if first.memberid then flag2 = (flag1 = 3);
*but also want for all subsequent observations for that member;
run;
should do it.
Would flag2 ever reset if its only checking on first.memberid?
data test2;
set test;
by memberid ;
retain flag2;
if first.memberid then flag2=.;
flag2 = max((flag1 = 3), flag2);
*but also want for all subsequent observations for that member;
run;
Thanks very much. The max function with the logic as input is clever. Appreciate both your responses.
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