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realnewbie
Calcite | Level 5

So... I'm stuck at this problem. So I have dataset a, looks something like this

id1

1

2

3

and another dataset b,

id2

1

2

I want to merge a and b to a new dataset ab, to make it looks like this :

id1 id2

1    1

1    2

2    1

2    2

3    1

3    2

how to do this??? Thanks!!!

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Linlin
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

data a;

input id1;

cards;

1

2

3

;

data b;

input d2;

cards;

1

2

;

data ab;

do j=1 to n1;

set a nobs=n1 point=j ;

do i=1 to nobs;

   set b nobs=nobs point=i;

   output;

   end;end;

   stop;

   proc print;run;

ballardw
Super User

or

Proc sql;

     Create table want as

     Select a.*, b.*

     From a, b

     order by id1

     ;

quit;

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