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Denali
Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

 

My dataset contains duplicate, triplicate or even more subject IDs. However, I do not know which duplicate is correct so I would like to remove the IDs with more than 1 count completely.

 

For example, there are two subject ID#1002. I would like to remove both subject ID#1002 completely. I would also like to export all the subjects who have been removed to a dataset so I can keep track of who has duplicates in the dataset. 

 

Thank you all in advance!

 

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

will this help?

 


proc sort data=have;
by id;
run;

data unique NOUNIQUEKEY;
set have;
by id;
if first.id and last.id then output unique;
else output NOUNIQUEKEY;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

will this help?

 


proc sort data=have;
by id;
run;

data unique NOUNIQUEKEY;
set have;
by id;
if first.id and last.id then output unique;
else output NOUNIQUEKEY;
run;

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