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Kalai2008
Pyrite | Level 9

Please help! I want to Rank the second variable in this code.

data have;
input id region;
datalines;
10 US
10 CA
10 CA
23 MA
25 MA
45 Ks
50 US
50 SA
65 US
;

proc sort data = have;
by id;
run;

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

 

Output needed:

 

ID  Rank1 Rank2

10   1         1

10   2        1

10   3         2

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ballardw
Super User

What is your rule for ranking a character variable?

Since you have US within 3 of the ID groups it isn't clear what that rule may be.

Also you might want to work the result for all of your example data and not remove the Region variable.

Kalai2008
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you, My rule is to Rank a new column when the variable is US, Another Column to Rank, for CA separately and one column with no rules.(which I already got it from the prev query)

Reeza
Super User

https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/faq/how-can-i-create-an-enumeration-variable-by-groups/

 

Instructions above for the various situations you're working with.

Kalai2008
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you Reeza!.. Great article! It helps!

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