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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data HAVE;
input ID      Name $        State $;
cards;
1        John            CA
2        Amy             FL
3        Tim             MD
4        Seth            NM
5        John            VA
run;

 proc sql;
 create table want as
 select  id,case when c>1 then catt(a.NAME,ID) else a.name end as name,state
 from have a, (select name, count(name) as c from have group by name) b
 where a.name=b.name;
 quit;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data HAVE;
input ID      Name $        State $;
cards;
1        John            CA
2        Amy             FL
3        Tim             MD
4        Seth            NM
5        John            VA
run;
proc sql;
create table want as
select id, case when count(name)>1 then catt(NAME,ID) else name end as name,state
from have
group by name
order by id;
quit;
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Yet another SQL solution:

 


proc sql;
create table duplicates as
select name from have group by name having count(*) > 1;
update have
set name = cats(name,id)
where name in (select name from duplicates);
drop table duplicates;
quit;
PG
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

A hash with suminc could also be used:

 

data want;
length count incr 8 name $8;
if _n_ = 1 then do;
    dcl hash h(suminc:"incr");
    h.definekey('name');
    h.definedone();
    incr = 1;
    do until (done);
        set have end=done;
        if h.check() ne 0 then h.add();
        end;
    end;
incr = 0;
set have;
if h.sum(sum:count) eq 0 then
    if count > 1 then name = cats(name,id);
drop incr count;
run;
PG

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