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jawhitmire
Quartz | Level 8

Good day!

I would like to combine two observations into a single observation. 

data have;
	infile datalines missover;
	input cntno batchno min_dist l_day : date9. d_day : date9. ;
datalines;
	0 389 598680.59 . 14JAN2025
	751 0 0.00 18JAN2025
;
run;

The desired output should be a single observation with the following data:

 

751 389 598680.59 18JAN2025 14JAN2025

That is, I would like to remove zeros, blanks, and dots.

 

Version is 9.4

 

Thank you,

Jane

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Quick and dirty 

 

data have;
	infile datalines missover;
	input cntno batchno min_dist l_day : date9. d_day : date9. ;
datalines;
	0 389 598680.59 . 14JAN2025
	751 0 0.00 18JAN2025
;
run;

proc sql;
   create table want as
   select max(cntno) as cntno,
          max(batchno) as batchno,
          max(min_dist) as min_dist,
          max(l_day) as l_day,
          max(d_day) as d_day
   from have;
quit;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Quick and dirty 

 

data have;
	infile datalines missover;
	input cntno batchno min_dist l_day : date9. d_day : date9. ;
datalines;
	0 389 598680.59 . 14JAN2025
	751 0 0.00 18JAN2025
;
run;

proc sql;
   create table want as
   select max(cntno) as cntno,
          max(batchno) as batchno,
          max(min_dist) as min_dist,
          max(l_day) as l_day,
          max(d_day) as d_day
   from have;
quit;
jawhitmire
Quartz | Level 8

Perfect!  

Thank you!

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
	infile datalines missover;
	input cntno batchno min_dist l_day : date9. d_day : date9. ;
	format l_day d_day date9.;
datalines;
	0 389 598680.59 . 14JAN2025
	751 0 0.00 18JAN2025
;
run;

proc means data=have noprint;
var _numeric_;
output out=want(drop=_:) max=;
run;
jawhitmire
Quartz | Level 8
Amazing! Short and sweet. Thank you!

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