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SASMuggleE
Calcite | Level 5

I have some data the looks like this

 

Subject     Start     End     Var1     V2

1                 1         4        xx         yy

1                 5         6        xx        zz

2                 1          3        yy        ww

...

 

I want it to look like this:

Subject     Time     Var1     V2

1                 1         xx         yy

1                 2         xx         yy

1                 3         xx         yy

1                 4         xx         yy

1                 5         xx        zz

1                 6         xx        zz

2                 1         yy        ww

2                 2         yy        ww

2                 3         yy        ww

...

 

What would my program array look like?

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GeorgeBonanza
Quartz | Level 8

I think this should work.

 

data HAVE;
	input SUBJECT $ START END VAR1 $ VAR2 $;
	datalines;
1 1 4 xx yy
1 5 6 xx zz
2 1 3 yy ww
;
run;

data WANT (drop= START END);
	retain SUBJECT TIME VAR1 VAR2;
	set HAVE;
	do TIME = START to END;
		output;
	end;
run;
Reeza
Super User

This wouldn't require an array. SAS data steps loop automatically so no need to control that. You need to output multiple records per line so create a loop and use an explicit OUTPUT statement to print that line out once for each time.

 

In SAS arrays are used for working with multiple variables with the data on a single row, though you can across rows it's a bit more complex. It is not used to represent columns however.

 

Here's a tutorial on using Arrays in SAS
https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/seminars/sas-arrays/

 

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