data MyDataset;
input id $4. 1L_flag $4. 2L_flag $4.;
datalines;
1 1L 0
2 1L 2L
3 1L 0
4 1L 2L
5 1L 2L
;
run;
I want an output like
id 1L_flag 2L_flag 1l_2l_flag
1 1L 0 1L
2 1L 2L 1L
2 1L 2L 2L
3 1L 0 1L
4 1L 2L 1L
4 1L 2L 2L
5 1L 2L 1L
5 1L 2L 2L
As we can see in the ouptut the flag made the patient level table to record level by flagging
So If patients had 1l Only flag will give only 1L
if they 1L & 2L as well then they will have 2 records in the same flags
[Note: In dataset I have multiple 1l and 2l and 3l .... flags
and other columns as well with 25 columns
16, 456 rows ]
Could guys help to code and how can we do it?
Are the other columns expected to appear in the output? I don't think it is a good idea to name the last variable "1l_2l_flag" if the data has more flag-variables. You may want to post data that is closer to the data you have actually. And please fix the names of your variables so that match the v7 rules - names start with a letter or with an underscore.
EDIT: and please re-check the code, it doesn't work as expected due to formatted input.
I have renamed the flag-variables, if you insist on using bad names, you will have to edit the array statement.
data work.have;
input id $ flag_L1 $ flag_L2 $;
datalines;
1 1L 0
2 1L 2L
3 1L 0
4 1L 2L
5 1L 2L
;
data want;
set have;
length flag $ 4;
array flags flag_L:;
do i = 1 to dim(flags);
if flags[i] ^= '0' then do;
flag = flags[i];
output;
end;
end;
drop i;
run;
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