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MB_Analyst
Obsidian | Level 7

I have two datasets:

DATA List_ID;
     INPUT ID;
DATALINES;
1
2
3
4
;
DATA Flag_ID;
    INPUT ID1 ID2;
DATALINES;
1, 5 
2, 3
6, 4
;

I am trying to create a flag if the IDs in Flag_ID appear in List_ID, adding two new columns to Flag_ID (FlagID1 FLAGID2). I used hash table to do this when flagging one ID variable, with the same name:

 

data FlagOne;
  if _N_ = 1 then do;  
    declare hash TST(dataset: "List_ID"); 
    TST.definekey("id1"); /*Pretending the ID variable is ID1 to match the other variable */
    TST.definedone();
  end; 
  set Flag_ID
  	ID1_Flag= (TST.check() = 0);
run;

How can I do a similar operation using two variables and creating two new flags? My desired output is:

 

ID1 ID2 FlagID1 FlagID2

1     5        1       0

2     3        1       1

6     4        0       1

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

You need to use the key: argument to the check method:

data FlagOne;
  if _N_ = 1 then do;
    declare hash TST(dataset: "List_ID");
    TST.definekey("id");
    TST.definedone();
  end;
  set Flag_ID;
  ID1_Flag = (TST.check(key:ID1) = 0);
  ID2_Flag = (TST.check(key:ID2) = 0);
run;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

You need to use the key: argument to the check method:

data FlagOne;
  if _N_ = 1 then do;
    declare hash TST(dataset: "List_ID");
    TST.definekey("id");
    TST.definedone();
  end;
  set Flag_ID;
  ID1_Flag = (TST.check(key:ID1) = 0);
  ID2_Flag = (TST.check(key:ID2) = 0);
run;

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