Keep all unique column value in single row

[abraham1]

Hi All,

I want to create new column 'new_visit' where all visit information of unique patient available with repetilike below

pid	age	visit	d1	new_visit
101	21	1	1	1, 2
101	21	2	1	1, 2
101	21	1	4	1, 2
102	34	2	1	2
103	31	1	1	1
104	25	1	2	1, 2,3
104	25	2	2	1, 2,3
104	25	3	2	1, 2,3
104	25	1	6	1, 2,3
104	25	2	5	1, 2,3

data test;
input pid age visit d1 ;
cards;
101 21 1 1
101 21 2 1
101 21 1 4 
102 34 2 1 
103 31 1 1 
104 25 1 2
104 25 2 2
104 25 3 2
104 25 1 5
104 25 2 5
 ;
run;

[Amir]

Hi,

How about the following?

data have;
	input pid age visit d1 ;
	cards;
101 21 1 1
101 21 2 1
101 21 1 4 
102 34 2 1 
103 31 1 1 
104 25 1 2
104 25 2 2
104 25 3 2
104 25 1 5
104 25 2 5
;


data want;
	length new_visit $ 10;
	
	do until(last.pid);
		set have;
		by pid;
		
		new_visit = catx(',',new_visit,ifc(find(new_visit,cats(visit)),'',cats(visit)));
	end;
	
	do until(last.pid);
		set have;
		by pid;
		
		output;
	end;
run;

Kind regards,

Amir.

[abraham1]

Thank you Amir, It works perfectly. 

In that code, when I format the code using proc sql, its not working. Can you guide what is the mistake I am doing as I am new.

proc format;
value abc 1='not present'
      2='Present'
      3='Available'
      ;
run;

proc sql;
	create table aa as
	select pid, age, visit format=abc., d1 
	from test;
quit;

[ballardw · Accepted solution]

"Not working" is awful vague.

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[abraham1]

data test;
input pid age visit d1 ;
cards;
101 21 1 1
101 21 2 1
101 21 1 4 
102 34 2 1 
103 31 1 1 
104 25 1 2
104 25 2 2
104 25 3 2
104 25 1 5
104 25 2 5
 ;
run;

proc format;
value abc 1='not present'
      2='Present'
      3='Available'
      ;
run;

proc sql;
	create table aa as
	select pid, age, visit format=abc., d1 
	from test;
quit;
	

I am not getting any error or warning in log but still it is not working.

[Tom]

That code ran fine for me. 

Define what you mean by not working.

[Hemamalini]

I don't know why the exact code is not formating the visit value in output dataset in Unix env. I can do the same with case statement which is working but not with this above aproach.

[ballardw]

Show us the log for the data step, the proc format and the proc sql. Include the code and all the messages.

[Amir]

Hi,

When I run the code, the table aa has been created as per the below screenshot, please show what your aa table looks like and point out what value is wrong and what you think it should be and why.

Lastly, are you sure you are looking at the table "aa" and not the table "test".

Kind regards,

Amir.