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jlee8
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello,

 

I'm not sure if SAS does support a manipulation like this but if there is a way, please advise.

 

I have a dataset that look like the following. 

 

From     
      
CLMDOSFEEPROCPDCT
119A31
2110B34
2211B16
2211C43
3112A48
3112B85
3213A51
3213C64
3314B33

 

And I want to turn it into this:

To        
         
CLMDOSFEEPROC1PD1CT1PROC2PD2CT2
119A31   
2110B34   
2211B16C43
3112A48B85
3213A51C64
3314B33   

 

I've tried PROC TRANSPOSE to no avail.

My question is how do you turn that "From" table to the "To" table?  If there is no simple function to do it, what would be a good step by step approach?

 

Thank you for your help.

J

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Reeza
Super User

The transpose procedures or a data step will work fine but in Proc transpose will have to do it multiple times and join the results. 

See the second example in the first and second links below that illustrate how to do it either via proc transpose or a data step.

 

Transposing data tutorials:
Long to Wide:
https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/modules/how-to-reshape-data-long-to-wide-using-proc-transpose/

https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/modules/reshaping-data-long-to-wide-using-the-data-step/

And sometimes a double transpose is needed for extra wide data sets:
https://gist.github.com/statgeek/2321b6f62ab78d5bf2b0a5a8626bd7cd

 


@jlee8 wrote:

Hello,

 

I'm not sure if SAS does support a manipulation like this but if there is a way, please advise.

 

I have a dataset that look like the following. 

 

From          
           
CLM DOS FEE PROC PD CT
1 1 9 A 3 1
2 1 10 B 3 4
2 2 11 B 1 6
2 2 11 C 4 3
3 1 12 A 4 8
3 1 12 B 8 5
3 2 13 A 5 1
3 2 13 C 6 4
3 3 14 B 3 3

 

And I want to turn it into this:

To                
                 
CLM DOS FEE PROC1 PD1 CT1 PROC2 PD2 CT2
1 1 9 A 3 1      
2 1 10 B 3 4      
2 2 11 B 1 6 C 4 3
3 1 12 A 4 8 B 8 5
3 2 13 A 5 1 C 6 4
3 3 14 B 3 3      

 

I've tried PROC TRANSPOSE to no avail.

My question is how do you turn that "From" table to the "To" table?  If there is no simple function to do it, what would be a good step by step approach?

 

Thank you for your help.

J


 

 

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ballardw
Super User

For SAS the question becomes more of a "what can you do with data in that shape than the current form".

And second, do you really need a data set for further manipulation or is this for people to read, i.e. a report?

 

 

You would also need to carefully describe the rules you have for manipulating the data. I can't spot anything that actually makes sense.

Reeza
Super User

The transpose procedures or a data step will work fine but in Proc transpose will have to do it multiple times and join the results. 

See the second example in the first and second links below that illustrate how to do it either via proc transpose or a data step.

 

Transposing data tutorials:
Long to Wide:
https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/modules/how-to-reshape-data-long-to-wide-using-proc-transpose/

https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/modules/reshaping-data-long-to-wide-using-the-data-step/

And sometimes a double transpose is needed for extra wide data sets:
https://gist.github.com/statgeek/2321b6f62ab78d5bf2b0a5a8626bd7cd

 


@jlee8 wrote:

Hello,

 

I'm not sure if SAS does support a manipulation like this but if there is a way, please advise.

 

I have a dataset that look like the following. 

 

From          
           
CLM DOS FEE PROC PD CT
1 1 9 A 3 1
2 1 10 B 3 4
2 2 11 B 1 6
2 2 11 C 4 3
3 1 12 A 4 8
3 1 12 B 8 5
3 2 13 A 5 1
3 2 13 C 6 4
3 3 14 B 3 3

 

And I want to turn it into this:

To                
                 
CLM DOS FEE PROC1 PD1 CT1 PROC2 PD2 CT2
1 1 9 A 3 1      
2 1 10 B 3 4      
2 2 11 B 1 6 C 4 3
3 1 12 A 4 8 B 8 5
3 2 13 A 5 1 C 6 4
3 3 14 B 3 3      

 

I've tried PROC TRANSPOSE to no avail.

My question is how do you turn that "From" table to the "To" table?  If there is no simple function to do it, what would be a good step by step approach?

 

Thank you for your help.

J


 

 

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