Duplicate question. @shiv999 please don't post a question more than once. Everyone should respond at https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Replace-name-with-latest-entry/td-p/696461
Assuming dataset have beed sort by ID , Date.
data have;
input Id Name $ Doj :date9. dot:date9.;
format doj dot date9.;
cards;
11235 Jim 12jul2017 01aug2018
11235 Jim. 12jul2019 01aug2019
11235 Jimcarod 12jan2020 01feb2020
11235 Jimcarod 12jul2020 01aug2020
;
data want;
do until(last.id);
set have;
by id;
end;
_name=name;
do until(last.id);
set have;
by id;
name=_name;output;
end;
drop _name;
run;
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