Hi all,
I would like to label each occurring event in an ascending order. So imagine if I have dataset with three columns: Dog (Name of Dog), Meal (Type of Meal) and Day (The day that the dog ate that meal).
Each of these dogs might have eaten a different meal on different days or even the same days.
From these three columns of data, I would like to create column X which labels each data row based on the chronological order of the Day of the event per Meal per Dog:
Dog Meal Day X
A Fish 1 1
A Fish 2 2
A Chicken 2 1
A Lamb 3 1
B Fish 1 1
B Chicken 2 1
B Chicken 3 2
B Chicken 4 3
B Steak 5 1
B Fish 5 2
B Chicken 5 4
C Fish 1 1
C Steak 2 1
C Steak 3 2
C Steak 4 3
C Fish 4 2
C Lamb 5 1
C Steak 6 4
Many thanks in advance ! 🙂
data have;
input Dog $ Meal $ 3-9 Day;
datalines;
A Fish 1
A Fish 2
A Chicken 2
A Lamb 3
B Fish 1
B Chicken 2
B Chicken 3
B Chicken 4
B Steak 5
B Fish 5
B Chicken 5
C Fish 1
C Steak 2
C Steak 3
C Steak 4
C Fish 4
C Lamb 5
C Steak 6
;
data want;
if _n_=1 then do;
dcl hash h();
h.defineKey ("Dog", "Meal");
h.defineData ("X");
h.defineDone ();
end;
set have;
if h.find() ne 0 then X = 1;
else X + 1;
h.replace();
run;
Result:
Dog Meal Day X A Fish 1 1 A Fish 2 2 A Chicken 2 1 A Lamb 3 1 B Fish 1 1 B Chicken 2 1 B Chicken 3 2 B Chicken 4 3 B Steak 5 1 B Fish 5 2 B Chicken 5 4 C Fish 1 1 C Steak 2 1 C Steak 3 2 C Steak 4 3 C Fish 4 2 C Lamb 5 1 C Steak 6 4
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