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shari
Calcite | Level 5

data temp3;
input @1 grp 1. @5 dt yymmdd10.;
format dt date10.;
datalines;
1 2019-03-11
2 2018-12-15
2 .
2 .
3 2018-12-28
3 .

;

 

Can someone let me know how to get the missing values populated with previous date+5 days in the particular group.

 

For example in the group 2,  I want to see the below result.

2    2018-12-15
2    2018-12-20
2    2018-12-25

 

Thanks in advance!  

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data temp3;
infile cards truncover;
input @1 grp 1. @5 dt yymmdd10.;
format dt date10.;
datalines;
1 2019-03-11
2 2018-12-15
2 .
2 .
3 2018-12-28
3 .
;

data want;
set temp3;
by grp;
retain _dt;
if not missing(dt) or first.grp then _dt=dt;
else if missing(dt) then do; dt=_dt+5;_dt=dt;end;
drop _dt;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data temp3;
infile cards truncover;
input @1 grp 1. @5 dt yymmdd10.;
format dt date10.;
datalines;
1 2019-03-11
2 2018-12-15
2 .
2 .
3 2018-12-28
3 .
;

data want;
set temp3;
by grp;
retain _dt;
if not missing(dt) or first.grp then _dt=dt;
else if missing(dt) then do; dt=_dt+5;_dt=dt;end;
drop _dt;
run;

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