Reorder the rownumber

[tekish]

Exeperts,

I have huge dataset and I want to reorder my row number 1-6.how do I order when I don't have other variable to group.

here is the sample SAS program:

data want;

set sashelp.class;

rownum=_n_;

newvalue=mod(rownum,2);

run;

Here is the expected output:

Name	Sex	Age	Height	Weight	rownum	newvalue
Alfred	M	14	69.0	112.5	1	1
Alice	F	13	56.5	84.0	2	2
Barbara	F	13	65.3	98.0	3	3
Carol	F	14	62.8	102.5	4	4
Henry	M	14	63.5	102.5	5	5
James	M	12	57.3	83.0	6	6
Jane	F	12	59.8	84.5	7	1
Janet	F	15	62.5	112.5	8	2
Jeffrey	M	13	62.5	84.0	9	3
John	M	12	59.0	99.5	10	4
Joyce	F	11	51.3	50.5	11	5
Judy	F	14	64.3	90.0	12	6
Louise	F	12	56.3	77.0	13	1
Mary	F	15	66.5	112.0	14	2
Philip	M	16	72.0	150.0	15	3
Robert	M	12	64.8	128.0	16	4
Ronald	M	15	67.0	133.0	17	5
Thomas	M	11	57.5	85.0	18	6
William	M	15	66.5	112.0	19	1

Appreciate your help.

thanks,

[Reeza]

Use the MOD() function.

[tekish]

Reeza,

I am using MOD() function but I am getting 1 and 0.

if you don't mind could you please add your code to example above.

thanks,

[Reeza]

Post what you've tried and I'm happy to help.

[tekish]

When I this:

data want;

set sashelp.class;

rownum=_n_;

newvalue=mod(rownum,2);

run;

I got this one.

Name	Sex	Age	Height	Weight	rownum	newvalue
Alfred	M	14	69.0	112.5	1	1
Alice	F	13	56.5	84.0	2	0
Barbara	F	13	65.3	98.0	3	1
Carol	F	14	62.8	102.5	4	0
Henry	M	14	63.5	102.5	5	1
James	M	12	57.3	83.0	6	0
Jane	F	12	59.8	84.5	7	1
Janet	F	15	62.5	112.5	8	0
Jeffrey	M	13	62.5	84.0	9	1
John	M	12	59.0	99.5	10	0
Joyce	F	11	51.3	50.5	11	1
Judy	F	14	64.3	90.0	12	0
Louise	F	12	56.3	77.0	13	1
Mary	F	15	66.5	112.0	14	0
Philip	M	16	72.0	150.0	15	1
Robert	M	12	64.8	128.0	16	0
Ronald	M	15	67.0	133.0	17	1
Thomas	M	11	57.5	85.0	18	0
William	M	15	66.5	112.0	19	1

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Why are you using 2 in the MOD() function?

[tekish]

I am trying to divide by 2.

[tekish]

Reeza,

data want;

set sashelp.class;

rownum=_n_;

newvalue=mod(rownum,6);

run;

Name	Sex	Age	Height	Weight	rownum	newvalue
Alfred	M	14	69.0	112.5	1	1
Alice	F	13	56.5	84.0	2	2
Barbara	F	13	65.3	98.0	3	3
Carol	F	14	62.8	102.5	4	4
Henry	M	14	63.5	102.5	5	5
James	M	12	57.3	83.0	6	0
Jane	F	12	59.8	84.5	7	1
Janet	F	15	62.5	112.5	8	2
Jeffrey	M	13	62.5	84.0	9	3
John	M	12	59.0	99.5	10	4
Joyce	F	11	51.3	50.5	11	5
Judy	F	14	64.3	90.0	12	0
Louise	F	12	56.3	77.0	13	1
Mary	F	15	66.5	112.0	14	2
Philip	M	16	72.0	150.0	15	3
Robert	M	12	64.8	128.0	16	4
Ronald	M	15	67.0	133.0	17	5
Thomas	M	11	57.5	85.0	18	0
William	M	15	66.5	112.0	19	1

[Reeza]

So all you need now is to change the 0's to 6's. 

Or you can muck around a bit more with the MOD function which ends up something like:

x= mod(i-1, 6)+1;