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WilliamB
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello, in a table I have empty spaces, I would like to fill them with the information of the table.

 

Table  
   
NameFunctionCat
William55A4
Sabastien44A5
Didier78 
Faben74A9
Mathias25 
   
   
   
I want this:  
   
NameFunctionCat
William55A4
Sabastien44A5
Didier78Didier-78
Faben74A9
Mathias25Mathias-25

 

Thanks a lot for your help

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input Name $10. Function Cat $2.;
infile datalines;
datalines;
William   55 A4
Sabastien 44 A5
Didier    78   
Faben     74 A9
Mathias	  25   
;

data want;
    length Name $10 Function 8 Cat $50;
    set have;
    if missing(Cat) then Cat=catx('-', Name, Function);
run;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input Name $10. Function Cat $2.;
infile datalines;
datalines;
William   55 A4
Sabastien 44 A5
Didier    78   
Faben     74 A9
Mathias	  25   
;

data want;
    length Name $10 Function 8 Cat $50;
    set have;
    if missing(Cat) then Cat=catx('-', Name, Function);
run;

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