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sboktor
Calcite | Level 5

I would like to assign ascending count for observations above certain value by id and start with the first observation of the id by 1 regardless of the value and continue the count if value is above 5 the output would be like:

iddaysevent_count
A11
A50
A20
A40
A72
A50
A83
A20
A10
A164
B11
B50
B20
B40
B72
B50
B83
B20
B10
B164
B40
B50
B30
B40
B75
B86
B87

Thank you.

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
    set have;
    by id;
    if first.id then count=1;
    if days>5 then count+1;
    if days>5 or first.id then event_count=count;
    else event_count=0;
    drop count;
run;
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Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
data want;
    set have;
    by id;
    if first.id then count=1;
    if days>5 then count+1;
    if days>5 or first.id then event_count=count;
    else event_count=0;
    drop count;
run;
--
Paige Miller

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