Need assistance

[Praveenit0808]

what exactly I need is. Here is the problem:

Input name $ status ;
Cards;
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Bb deactivated
Bb deactivated
Bb deactivated
Dd deactivated
Dd deactivated
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Cc active
Cc active
;
Run;

O/p should be like this


Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Aa active
Cc active
Cc active
Cc active
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Ee active
Cc active
Cc active

How do we do that?

[Jagadishkatam]

try to use the below if condition

if index(status,'active')>0;

[PeterClemmensen]

If I understand your request correctly, you you want to do this:

Anytime status is active you dont do anything.

Anytime status is deactivated you want to alphabetically increase name, so that Aa becomes Bb and so on.

Am I correct?

[Praveenit0808]

It's not necessary the name should be in alphabetical order. If you look at
the raw data carefully what I need is whenever the status shows deactivated
it should be assigned to the person who is active.

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[Praveenit0808]

It's not necessary the name should be in alphabetical order. If you look at
the raw data carefully what I need is whenever the status shows deactivated
it should be assigned to the person who is active.

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[Kurt_Bremser]

Is there a rule for how the "active" person for a given inactive person is determined? Next in order, least used, ...?