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lpy0521
Fluorite | Level 6

Hey there,

 

how can I make this happening in SAS? I have a columns called points and I would like to create sequential group id for consecutive null values

 

pointsgroup
1 
1 
.1
.1
1 
1 
.2
.2
1 
1 
.3
.3
.3

 

Thanks,

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s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

Something like this?

data want;
  set have;
  if _N_=1 and missing(points) then _group=1;
  if missing(points) and not missing(lag(points)) then _group+1;
  if missing(points) then group=_group;
  drop _group;
run;
Ksharp
Super User
data have;
input points;
cards;
1
1
.
.
1
1
.
.
1
1
.
.
.
;

data want;
 set have;
 by points notsorted;
 if first.points and missing(points) then n+1;
 if missing(points) then group=n;
 drop n;
 run;

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