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HAHA888
Calcite | Level 5

I want to compare the id is it same or not by comparing them in a same row. 

And I tried this data step, Can someone help me :

data temp;
input id $ var1 var2;
New_id= id;
datalines;
aa 12 13
Bb 13 14
Cc 15 16
;

 

 

data want :

 

idvar1var2new id
aa1213 
Bb1314aa
Cc1516Bb
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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
   set temp;
   newid = lag(id);
run;
HAHA888
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you so much! 

But if now I want the new_id in the first row is equal to first id value (aa), what should I do?

 

id

var1var2new id
aa1213aa
Bb1314aa
Cc1516Bb
HAHA888
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you!

But if now I want the new_id in the first row is equal to first id value (aa), what should I do?

 

id

var1var2new id
aa1213aa
Bb1314aa
Cc1516Bb
maguiremq
SAS Super FREQ

I think everyone's getting a little confused because your want data set keeps getting changed. Below is a cheap way to get what you want since the first record doesn't have a lag value to look for.

 

data want;
	set temp;
	new_id = lag(id);
	if missing(new_id) then new_id = id;
run;
id var1 var2 New_id 
aa 12 13 aa 
Bb 13 14 aa 
Cc 15 16 Bb 

Can't guarantee this will hold up depending on the complexity of your actual data set.

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