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PatrykSAS
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello

I'd like to transpose my table with counting occurrences. 

Source table:

ID VAR1 VAR2
1 HOME APPLE
1 AWAY BANANA
2 HOME BANANA
2 HOME APPLE

I wish I get result:

ID HOME AWAY APPLE BANANA
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 0 1 1

How can I do it?

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Without having any values in code:

data have;
input ID $ VAR1 $ VAR2 $;
datalines;
1 HOME  APPLE
1 AWAY  BANANA
2 HOME  BANANA
2 HOME  APPLE
;

data first;
set have;
array vars {*} var:;
do i = 1 to dim(vars);
  var = vars{i};
  output;
end;
run;

proc freq data=first noprint;
tables id*var / out=want_long;
run;

proc transpose data=want_long out=want (drop=_name_ _label_);
by id;
var count;
id var;
run;

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tarheel13
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

It's not really transposing. You want to get counts within by groups. You could use proc means, proc SQL, proc summary. 

data test;
input ID var1 $ var2 $;
cards;
1 HOME APPLE
1 AWAY BANANA
2 HOME BANANA
2 HOME APPLE
;
proc print;
run;

proc sql;
	create table sums as 
	select ID, sum(var1='HOME') as home, sum(var1='AWAY') as away,
	sum(var2='APPLE') as apple, sum(var2='BANANA') as banana
		from test
		group by ID;
quit;
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Without having any values in code:

data have;
input ID $ VAR1 $ VAR2 $;
datalines;
1 HOME  APPLE
1 AWAY  BANANA
2 HOME  BANANA
2 HOME  APPLE
;

data first;
set have;
array vars {*} var:;
do i = 1 to dim(vars);
  var = vars{i};
  output;
end;
run;

proc freq data=first noprint;
tables id*var / out=want_long;
run;

proc transpose data=want_long out=want (drop=_name_ _label_);
by id;
var count;
id var;
run;

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