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altijani
Quartz | Level 8

Greetings Community

 

I have the following dataset:

IDDate_of_VaccinationAddress_Dateaddress StreetAddress CityAddress ZIPAddress State
123458A11FEB201502JUN2011123 Montana StBlue Whale25321MT
123458A17JUN201731JUL2015345 North Carolina RdWhite Whale72152NC
587987Z27MAR201801MAR2017980 Lee HwyBlack Whale98754TX
587987Z10JAN201805JAN20011780 Middle StRed Whale12345NV

 

And I need the latest row from each ID as following:

 

IDDate_of_VaccinationAddress_Dateaddress StreetAddress CityAddress ZIPAddress State
123458A17JUN201731JUL2015345 North Carolina RdWhite Whale72152NC
587987Z10JAN201805JAN20011780 Middle StRed Whale12345NV

 

Many thanks.

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Reeza
Super User
Sort data set by ID and date, as needed, then use LAST. to filter out the last record.

data want;
set have;
by id;
if last.id;

run;

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Reeza
Super User
Sort data set by ID and date, as needed, then use LAST. to filter out the last record.

data want;
set have;
by id;
if last.id;

run;

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