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Derdavos
Obsidian | Level 7

Hey guys

 

I have to make same but multiple values into one value. Like I have 100, 111, 122, 133, 100, 111, 100, 113, 112 so after I reduce it it should look like: 100, 111, 122, 133, 113. Or for an easier example: there is a lot of 'F'  (stands for Female): F, F, F, F, F, F, F and it should look like: just an F. 

 

Thank you. 🙂

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Use PROC SORT with the NODUPKEY option like this

 

data have;
input Gender $;
datalines;
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
;

proc sort data = have nodupkey out = want;
	by Gender;
run;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Use PROC SORT with the NODUPKEY option like this

 

data have;
input Gender $;
datalines;
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
;

proc sort data = have nodupkey out = want;
	by Gender;
run;
Derdavos
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you! Works very well!! 🙂

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Anytime, glad to help 🙂

Astounding
PROC Star

Here's some code that could go in a DATA step:

 

data new;

set have;

newvar = scan(oldvar, 1, ',');

if length(oldvar) > length(newvar) then do i=2 to countw(oldvar, ',');

   next_word = scan(oldvar, i, ',');

   if indexw(newvar, strip(nextword))=0 then oldvar = catx(oldvar, ',' , next_word);

end;

run;

 

It's untested code, so you might need to fiddle with the INDEXW function, but it probably works as is.

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