BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
🔒 This topic is solved and locked. Need further help from the community? Please sign in and ask a new question.
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 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
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

 

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
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

 
How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

SAS Training: Just a Click Away

 Ready to level-up your skills? Choose your own adventure.

Browse our catalog!

Discussion stats
  • 1 reply
  • 630 views
  • 0 likes
  • 2 in conversation