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PROCDATARUN
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello Programmers,

 

I have a simple ask to concatenate 5 columns with a comma separator with a condition.

Dataset = INPUTA

Columns = C1 through C5


Expected Outcome

 

Need a column that would concatenate all 5 columns with comma separator in sequence when there is a value and ignore if the column is blank.

StateC1C2C3C4C5CustomColumn
CAXA   X,A
WIXRB  X,R,B
MIYTX IY,T,X,I
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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
 set have;
 CustomColum=catx(',',of c1-c5);
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
	CustomColum=catx(',',of c1-c5);
PROCDATARUN
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks Novin,


Could you help with the full code here ?
Proc or Data ?

 

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
 set have;
 CustomColum=catx(',',of c1-c5);
run;

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