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ybz12003
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Hello,

I have a sample dataset below.  Two questions; first, the ")" are missing in all the data lines, not sure how to fix it;  second, my Proc transpose codes are not working. Please help; thanks.

data Mean_Median_Output;
input House 1.0 LOS_Mean_Q1Q3 $ LOS_Median_range $ Age_Mean_Q1Q3 $ Age_Median_range $;
infile datalines delimiter='/';
datalines;
0/2.2 (1-2)/1.0 (0-92)/3.7 (2-4)/2.0 (2-17)/
1/2.9 (1-3)/2.0 (0-117)/6.6 (3-9)/5.0 (2-17)/
;
run;

Proc transpose data=Mean_Median_Output out=Mean_Median_transpose prefix=House_; run;
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FreelanceReinh
Jade | Level 19

Hello @ybz12003,

 

Use a LENGTH statement or informats (as shown in the example below) to specify sufficient lengths for your character variables. Just using the dollar sign in the INPUT statement means a default length of 8 bytes.

input House (LOS_Mean_Q1Q3 LOS_Median_range Age_Mean_Q1Q3 Age_Median_range) (:$13.);

I guess that you want to add these ID and VAR statements to your PROC TRANSPOSE step:

proc transpose data=Mean_Median_Output out=Mean_Median_transpose prefix=House_;
id house;
var _char_;
run;

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

Variables defaults to 8 in lenght, specifying a length of 9 should fix the truncation problem.

 

What is your specific problem with PROC TRANSPOSE?

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yabwon
Onyx | Level 15

For missing ")"  - set proper variable LENGTH:

data Mean_Median_Output;
LENGTH House 8 LOS_Mean_Q1Q3 LOS_Median_range Age_Mean_Q1Q3 Age_Median_range $ 30;
input House 1.0 LOS_Mean_Q1Q3 $ LOS_Median_range $ Age_Mean_Q1Q3 $ Age_Median_range $;
infile datalines delimiter='/';
datalines;
0/2.2 (1-2)/1.0 (0-92)/3.7 (2-4)/2.0 (2-17)/
1/2.9 (1-3)/2.0 (0-117)/6.6 (3-9)/5.0 (2-17)/
;
run;
proc print;
run;

For transpose - what output do you expect to get?

 

Bart

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FreelanceReinh
Jade | Level 19

Hello @ybz12003,

 

Use a LENGTH statement or informats (as shown in the example below) to specify sufficient lengths for your character variables. Just using the dollar sign in the INPUT statement means a default length of 8 bytes.

input House (LOS_Mean_Q1Q3 LOS_Median_range Age_Mean_Q1Q3 Age_Median_range) (:$13.);

I guess that you want to add these ID and VAR statements to your PROC TRANSPOSE step:

proc transpose data=Mean_Median_Output out=Mean_Median_transpose prefix=House_;
id house;
var _char_;
run;

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