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I have this dataset:

 

data x;
  infile datalines;
  input id r2d2 price;
  datalines;
15 12 10
15 12 14
22 17 12
88 16 23
22 17 10
22 15 34
88 15 95
;;
run;

What I'd like to do is - for observations that have the same value for r2d2, I want to output only the observation with the lowest price. How would I go about doing this

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

An SQL solution

 

--- UNTESTED CODE ----

proc sql;
    create table new as select * from x group by r2d2 having price=min(price);
quit;
--
Paige Miller

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Reeza
Super User

Sort the data so that the smallest value is first and then use SAS FIRST logic to keep the record. 

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

An SQL solution

 

--- UNTESTED CODE ----

proc sql;
    create table new as select * from x group by r2d2 having price=min(price);
quit;
--
Paige Miller

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