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Manhort
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi again,

 

I have 1 rule: If Z occurs within 30 days before A or B on any var1,2,3 then remove all rows with that id. In this example persons 1 and 4 will remain, and 2 and 3 are removed. I'm having trouble with combining syntax for date comparisons and syntax for multiple conditions.


DATA have;
input id date mmddyy10. var1 $ var2 $ var3 $ ;
format date mmddyy10.;
CARDS;
1 09/21/2016 B D D
1 09/28/2016 B D D
1 10/11/2016 Z . .
2 01/14/2016 D Z .
2 01/15/2016 Z D D
2 02/09/2016 A . .
3 09/20/2019 Z D .
3 10/02/2019 A . .
3 10/24/2019 A . .
4 09/01/2017 A . .
4 09/07/2017 Z . .
4 10/10/2017 A . .
;
run;

 

 

DATA want;
input id date mmddyy10. var1 $ var2 $ var3 $ ;
format date mmddyy10.;
CARDS;
1 09/21/2016 B D D
1 09/28/2016 B D D
1 10/11/2016 Z . .
4 09/01/2017 A . .
4 09/07/2017 Z . .
4 10/10/2017 A . .
;
run;

 

 

Thanks!

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Try this

 

DATA have;
input id date mmddyy10. var1 $ var2 $ var3 $ ;
format date mmddyy10.;
CARDS;
1 09/21/2016 B D D
1 09/28/2016 B D D
1 10/11/2016 Z . .
2 01/14/2016 D Z .
2 01/15/2016 Z D D
2 02/09/2016 A . .
3 09/20/2019 Z D .
3 10/02/2019 A . .
3 10/24/2019 A . .
4 09/01/2017 A . .
4 09/07/2017 Z . .
4 10/10/2017 A . .
;
run;

data want(drop = d1 - d3 c);
   do until (last.id);
      set have;
      by id;
      array v var:;
      array d d1 - d3;
      
      do over v;
         if v = 'Z' then d = date;
         if v in ('A', 'B') and c = . then c = range(date, d);
      end;
   end;

   do until (last.id);
      set have;
      by id;
      if c = 0 | c > 30 then output;
   end;
run;

 

Result:

 

id  date        var1  var2  var3 
1   09/21/2016  B     D     D 
1   09/28/2016  B     D     D 
1   10/11/2016  Z             
4   09/01/2017  A             
4   09/07/2017  Z             
4   10/10/2017  A            

 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Try this

 

DATA have;
input id date mmddyy10. var1 $ var2 $ var3 $ ;
format date mmddyy10.;
CARDS;
1 09/21/2016 B D D
1 09/28/2016 B D D
1 10/11/2016 Z . .
2 01/14/2016 D Z .
2 01/15/2016 Z D D
2 02/09/2016 A . .
3 09/20/2019 Z D .
3 10/02/2019 A . .
3 10/24/2019 A . .
4 09/01/2017 A . .
4 09/07/2017 Z . .
4 10/10/2017 A . .
;
run;

data want(drop = d1 - d3 c);
   do until (last.id);
      set have;
      by id;
      array v var:;
      array d d1 - d3;
      
      do over v;
         if v = 'Z' then d = date;
         if v in ('A', 'B') and c = . then c = range(date, d);
      end;
   end;

   do until (last.id);
      set have;
      by id;
      if c = 0 | c > 30 then output;
   end;
run;

 

Result:

 

id  date        var1  var2  var3 
1   09/21/2016  B     D     D 
1   09/28/2016  B     D     D 
1   10/11/2016  Z             
4   09/01/2017  A             
4   09/07/2017  Z             
4   10/10/2017  A            

 

Manhort
Obsidian | Level 7
This one did the trick! Thanks!
Manhort
Obsidian | Level 7
Hey @PeterClemmensen, did you edit this post at all? Maybe changed a 'd4' to 'd3' on this line:

array d d1 - d3;
Ksharp
Super User
DATA have;
input id date mmddyy10. var1 $ var2 $ var3 $ ;
format date mmddyy10.;
CARDS;
1 09/21/2016 B D D
1 09/28/2016 B D D
1 10/11/2016 Z . .
2 01/14/2016 D Z .
2 01/15/2016 Z D D
2 02/09/2016 A . .
3 09/20/2019 Z D .
3 10/02/2019 A . .
3 10/24/2019 A . .
4 09/01/2017 A . .
4 09/07/2017 Z . .
4 10/10/2017 A . .
;
run;

data temp;
 set have;
 by id;
 dif=dif(date);
 if first.id then call missing(dif);
run;

data id;
 set temp;
 if .<dif<30 and ( 
  (var1 in ('A' 'B') and lag(var1)='Z') or
  (var2 in ('A' 'B') and lag(var2)='Z') or 
  (var3 in ('A' 'B') and lag(var3)='Z')   ) ;
run;

proc sql;
create table want as
select * from have where id not in (select id from id);
quit;

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