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Aayushi_17
Quartz | Level 8
PEVSLBMHGH
01010
00110
00001
11111
00000
00000

 

output I want is 
VS:MH
LB:MH
GH
PE:VS:LB:MH:GH

 

values which has 1 to concatenate them.

 

 

Thanks in advance 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

One way

 

data have;
input PE VS LB MH GH;
datalines;
0 1 0 1 0 
0 0 1 1 0 
0 0 0 0 1 
1 1 1 1 1 
0 0 0 0 0 
0 0 0 0 0 
;

data want(keep=v);
    length v $ 200;
    array _{*} PE VS LB MH GH;
    set have;
    v='';
    do i=1 to dim(_);
        if _[i]=1 then v=catx(':', v, vname(_[i]));
    end;
    retain v;
run;

Result:

 

VS:MH
LB:MH
GH
PE:VS:LB:MH:GH

 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

One way

 

data have;
input PE VS LB MH GH;
datalines;
0 1 0 1 0 
0 0 1 1 0 
0 0 0 0 1 
1 1 1 1 1 
0 0 0 0 0 
0 0 0 0 0 
;

data want(keep=v);
    length v $ 200;
    array _{*} PE VS LB MH GH;
    set have;
    v='';
    do i=1 to dim(_);
        if _[i]=1 then v=catx(':', v, vname(_[i]));
    end;
    retain v;
run;

Result:

 

VS:MH
LB:MH
GH
PE:VS:LB:MH:GH

 

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