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75063
Obsidian | Level 7

i am trying to concatenate two data frames that have repeated observations. The two data frames are have1 and have 2  as shown below

 

data have1;
input stu $ Freq16;
datalines;
A          2
B          3
C         4
D         5
E         6
F          7
Grand 27
A          3
B          4
G         10
Grand 17
;
run;

 

 

data have2;
input stu $ Freq17;
datalines;
A         1
B         5
C        7
D        3
E        2
F        1
Grand 19
A       22
B       7
G       1
Grand 30
;
run;

 

I am trying to merge the two data frames by the "stu" variable by using the following code - 

 

Proc Sql;
select a.stu, a.Freq16, b.Freq17
from have1 as a inner join have2 as b
on a.stu=b.stu;
Quit;

 

The output that I am getting is 

 

stu      Freq16    Freq17 

 A             2         1

A              2       22

B              3        5

B              3        7

C              4        7

D             5         3

E              6         2

F              7         1

Grand      27      19

Grand      27      30

A              3         1

A              3        22

B              4         5

B              4         7

G             10       1

Grand      17      19

Grand     17        30

 

However , my desired output is - 

 

stu      Freq16    Freq17 

 A              2         1

B              3          5

C              4         7

D              5         3

E              6         2

F              7         1

 

Grand      27      19

A              3         22

B              4         7

G             10       1

Grand     17        30

 

Can you please advice the correct Proc SQL step. Or is there a better option with the Data Step . 

 

Thank You! 

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

I think data step merge(one to one) or hash, for your sample, 

 

data have1;
input stu $ Freq16;
datalines;
A          2
B          3
C         4
D         5
E         6
F          7
Grand 27
A          3
B          4
G         10
Grand 17
;
run;

 

 

data have2;
input stu $ Freq17;
datalines;
A         1
B         5
C        7
D        3
E        2
F        1
Grand 19
A       22
B       7
G       1
Grand 30
;
run;

data want;
merge have1 have2;
run;


 

Note:

I assume the sample is a good representative of your real meaning the values are exactly in the order that you posted. I didn't merge using by group for the reason the sample doesn't seem to mandate that. Should you use sorted by group merge, the order will change

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

I think data step merge(one to one) or hash, for your sample, 

 

data have1;
input stu $ Freq16;
datalines;
A          2
B          3
C         4
D         5
E         6
F          7
Grand 27
A          3
B          4
G         10
Grand 17
;
run;

 

 

data have2;
input stu $ Freq17;
datalines;
A         1
B         5
C        7
D        3
E        2
F        1
Grand 19
A       22
B       7
G       1
Grand 30
;
run;

data want;
merge have1 have2;
run;


 

Note:

I assume the sample is a good representative of your real meaning the values are exactly in the order that you posted. I didn't merge using by group for the reason the sample doesn't seem to mandate that. Should you use sorted by group merge, the order will change

75063
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you for your inputs. It worked well for my data sets. 

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