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JHE
Obsidian | Level 7 JHE
Obsidian | Level 7

Need advise:

 

I have data as this:

Month IDCode Count
20180630712566XB32
20180630712566Z99

1

 

I need to have result as this:

 

Month IDCode Count
20180630712566XB3,Z993

 

Please advise and help

 

Thank you

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
infile cards truncover;
input Month	ID	Code $	Count;
cards;
201806	30712566	XB3	2
201806	30712566	Z99	1
;
data want;
set have;
by month id;
length _code $10;
retain _code;
if first.id then do; _code=code;_count=count;end;
else do; _code=catx(',',_code,code);_count+count;end;
if last.id;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
infile cards truncover;
input Month	ID	Code $	Count;
cards;
201806	30712566	XB3	2
201806	30712566	Z99	1
;
data want;
set have;
by month id;
length _code $10;
retain _code;
if first.id then do; _code=code;_count=count;end;
else do; _code=catx(',',_code,code);_count+count;end;
if last.id;
run;
ballardw
Super User

Make sure the length of the _CODE variable is long enough to hold the maximum number of codes you expect and include extra characters for the commas.

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

I agree

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