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Bhargav_Movva
Fluorite | Level 6

Hey i have a data like this...

data DS1;
INFILE DATALINES;
INPUT NAME $;
DATALINES;
LION

TIGER
;
RUN;

 

output should be a dataset with 8 observations and it should look like

name

LION

LION

LION

LION

TIGER

TIGER

TIGER

TIGER

 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Like this

 

data DS1;
INFILE DATALINES;
INPUT NAME $;
DATALINES;
LION
TIGER
;
RUN;

data want(keep=name);
	set ds1;
	do i=1 to 4;
		output;
	end;
run;

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