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[rakeshvvv]

Hi,

I have dataset with four variables…..id, etcd ,stdtc, endtc

14615100010001               SCRN     2014-07-31          2014-08-05

14615100010001               COMB   2014-08-05          2014-11-13

14615100010001               1000394 2014-11-14         2014-11-17

14615100010001               SAFFU   2014-11-26          2014-12-23

14615100010001               SURVFU 2014-12-24        2015-04-28

14615100010003               SCRN     2015-02-19          2015-02-25

14615100010003               COMB   2015-02-25          2015-07-02

14615100010003               1000394 2015-07-03         2015-07-06

14615100010003               SURVFU 2015-08-12        2015-08-14

I want to write a query in such a way that I want to output the following

For every id, The difference between the  ENDTC and STDTC of next record should not be greater then1.

If the difference in greater then 1, we should output those. Those highlighted in yellow are discrepancies and we should output those.

Can someone help on this….

[LinusH]

Use a data step w/ BY and RETAIN . An potentially the use of first. and last. logic.

[RW9 · Accepted solution]

Use lag function:

data check;
  set have;
  if lag(enddtc) - stdtc ne 1 then flag="Y";
run;

[Reeza]

Because you want both records you need a look forward method. There are many ways to do this.
One way is to add a record indicator for each row and then use a sql merge to join with the record +1. Then you can create a flag to keep certain records. This is a well written topic though, so either searching on here or lexjansen.com should provide some good look ahead methods.