Hello
What is the way to sort the following char values in order to put them in the following order:
less 2K
2K-6K
6K-10K
10K-16K
16K-21K
21K-27K
27K-35.5K
more 35.5K
All Other
Data have;
input Category $30.;
cards;
10K-16K
16K-21K
21K-27K
27K-35.5K
2K-6K
6K-10K
All Other
less 2K
more 35.5K
;
Run;
how about this code?
data next;
set have;
catc=scan(category,1);
if upcase(catc)='ALL' then catn=99;
else if upcase(catc)='LESS' then catn=1;
else if upcase(catc)='MORE' then catn=90;
else catn=input(scan(category,1,'-','A'),best.);
drop catc;
run;
proc sort data=next out=want(drop=catn);
by catn;
run;
How do you assign the category in the first place?
If you want such categories ordered in a particular way, use a raw numeric value that determines the order, and assign a format that displays the string for it.
The format code might look like
proc format;
value mycat
0 = "less 2K"
1 = "2K-6K"
2 = "6K-10K"
3 = "10K-16K"
4 = "16K-21K"
5 = "21K-27K"
6 = "27K-35.5K"
7 = "more 35.5K"
99 = "All Other"
;
run;
Hi,
how about that:
Data have;
input Category $30.;
cards;
10K-16K
16K-21K
21K-27K
27K-35.5K
2K-6K
6K-10K
All Other
less 2K
more 35.5K
;
Run;
data want;
set have;
cat = compress(Category,"-.","kd");
if cat = "" then cat = '9999';
run;
proc sort data = want sortseq=LINGUISTIC(numeric_colation=on);
by cat;
run;
proc print;
run;
Bart
@Ronein wrote:
Hello
What is the way to sort the following char values in order to put them in the following order:
less 2K
2K-6K
6K-10K
10K-16K
16K-21K
21K-27K
27K-35.5K
more 35.5K
All Other
You have been asking this (or very similar) questions for probably 2 years now.
Leave numeric variables as numeric. Then they will sort as numeric. Use custom formats to make them appear 10k-16k, and so on.
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