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KatLinden
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

 

I have two datasets:

 

Dataset A:

ID  Gender

1     M

 

Dataset B:

Date

1/1/2010

1/2/2010

 

I'm trying to create a dataset that looks like this:

ID  Gender  Date

1     M          1/1/2010

1     M          1/2/2010

 

Is that possible?

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KatLinden
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you so much!  

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

 

data a;
input ID  Gender $;
cards;
1     M
;
data b;
input Date $10.;
cards;
1/1/2010
1/2/2010
;
data want;
if 0 then set a;
set b;
if _n_=1 then set a;
run;

 

KatLinden
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you so much!  

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

@KatLinden Welcome to the SAS community forum. I hope you have a fun journey with us 🙂

KatLinden
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you!  One more question.  How does this work if I have several observations in dataset A?

 

I have two datasets:

 

Dataset A:

ID  Gender

1     M

2     F

.

.

.

etc

 

Dataset B:

Date

1/1/2010

1/2/2010

 

I'm trying to create a dataset that looks like this:

ID  Gender  Date

1     M          1/1/2010

1     M          1/2/2010

2     F           1/1/2010

2     F           1/2/2010

.

.

.

etc

 

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

I would request you to provide us a more comprehensive and complete representative sample. Your data doesn't seem to have clear logic of match apart from mere plugging in 1 and 2 dates to gender category. Or is that all the data is?

KatLinden
Obsidian | Level 7

Yes, but I have hundreds of observations in dataset A, each observation has a unique ID and I need to insert 2 dates.

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data a;
input ID  Gender $;
cards;
1     M
2     F
;
data b;
input Date $10.;
cards;
1/1/2010
1/2/2010
;
proc sql;
create table want as
select *
from a,b
order by id,gender;
quit;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

still i am only playing with your data without making much sense lol 

KatLinden
Obsidian | Level 7

That worked perfectly!  Thank you so much!

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