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advmsj
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi there, I am trying to flag duplicate values in my data set.

I have this:

ID

BirthDate

1

12/07/95

1

12/07/95

1

12/07/95

2

12/24/99

2

12/24/99

3

07/26/98

4

09/29/82

 

and I want this:

ID

BirthDate

Recurrent

1

12/07/95

1

1

12/07/95

2

1

12/07/95

3

2

12/24/99

1

2

12/24/99

2

3

07/26/98

1

4

09/29/82

1

 

I found the following code in the communities forum but I cannot seem to make it work... Any help is appreciated.

 

data want;
count=0;
do until (last.BirthDate);
set have;
by ID BirthDate;
if first.BirthDate then count + 1;
end;
if count > 1 then Recurrent=1; else Recurrent=0;
do until (last.BirthDate);
set temp_names;
by ID BirthDate;
output;
end;

run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input (ID	BirthDate) (:$15.);
cards;
1	12/7/1995
1	12/7/1995
1	12/7/1995
2	12/24/1999
2	12/24/1999
3	7/26/1998
4	9/29/1982
;

data want;
 set have;
 by id birthdate;
 if first.BirthDate then Recurrent=1;
 else Recurrent+1;
run;

 

ID BirthDate Recurrent
1 12/7/1995 1
1 12/7/1995 2
1 12/7/1995 3
2 12/24/1999 1
2 12/24/1999 2
3 7/26/1998 1
4 9/29/1982 1

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input (ID	BirthDate) (:$15.);
cards;
1	12/7/1995
1	12/7/1995
1	12/7/1995
2	12/24/1999
2	12/24/1999
3	7/26/1998
4	9/29/1982
;

data want;
 set have;
 by id birthdate;
 if first.BirthDate then Recurrent=1;
 else Recurrent+1;
run;

 

ID BirthDate Recurrent
1 12/7/1995 1
1 12/7/1995 2
1 12/7/1995 3
2 12/24/1999 1
2 12/24/1999 2
3 7/26/1998 1
4 9/29/1982 1
advmsj
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you so much. I did not realize it was this simple! 

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