I have
Date |
01-Jan-18 |
02-Jan-18 |
03-Jan-18 |
04-Jan-18 |
05-Jan-18 |
06-Jan-18 |
07-Jan-18 |
08-Jan-18 |
09-Jan-18 |
10-Jan-18 |
I want to repeat the above dates for some new values A,B,C.
So I want:
Value | Date |
A | 01-Jan-18 |
B | 01-Jan-18 |
C | 01-Jan-18 |
A | 02-Jan-18 |
B | 02-Jan-18 |
C | 02-Jan-18 |
A | 03-Jan-18 |
B | 03-Jan-18 |
C | 03-Jan-18 |
A | 04-Jan-18 |
B | 04-Jan-18 |
C | 04-Jan-18 |
A | 05-Jan-18 |
… | … |
data have;
input Date :date9.;
format Date date9.;
cards;
01-Jan-18
02-Jan-18
03-Jan-18
04-Jan-18
05-Jan-18
06-Jan-18
07-Jan-18
08-Jan-18
09-Jan-18
10-Jan-18
;
data want;
set have;
do value='A','B','C';
output;
end;
run;
data have;
input Date :date9.;
format Date date9.;
cards;
01-Jan-18
02-Jan-18
03-Jan-18
04-Jan-18
05-Jan-18
06-Jan-18
07-Jan-18
08-Jan-18
09-Jan-18
10-Jan-18
;
data want;
set have;
do value='A','B','C';
output;
end;
run;
Thanks so much. What if I have another new set of values (C,D,E). Can I fit both into one code? or Do I have to do it twice? So I want:
Value2 | Value | Date |
C | A | 01-Jan-18 |
D | A | 01-Jan-18 |
E | A | 01-Jan-18 |
C | B | 01-Jan-18 |
D | B | 01-Jan-18 |
E | B | 01-Jan-18 |
C | C | 01-Jan-18 |
D | C | 01-Jan-18 |
E | C | 01-Jan-18 |
C | A | 02-Jan-18 |
D | A | 02-Jan-18 |
E | A | 02-Jan-18 |
C | B | 02-Jan-18 |
D | B | 02-Jan-18 |
E | B | 02-Jan-18 |
… | … | … |
Nest it like this--
data want;
set have;
do value='A','B','C';
do value2='C','D','E';
output;
end;
end;
run;
If your list of values (A, B, C) is long, it might be more practical to store them in a data set and use SQL:
proc sql;
create table want as select * from date_table, value_table
order by date value;
quit;
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