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SASPhile
Quartz | Level 8

I need help to split ID into two rows as below if there is a delimiter colon (:) 

 

ID                         Description

001                          Text1

002:003                   Text2

 

 

ID               Description

001                Text1

002                Text2

003                Text2

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

data have;
input ID    $8.                   Description $;
cards;
001                          Text1
002:003                   Text2
;


data Need;
 length _id $20;
 set have;
 do _n_=1 to countw(id,':');
  _id=scan(id,_n_,':');
  output;
 end;
 drop id;
 rename _id=id;
run;

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