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harrylui
Obsidian | Level 7

good day,

 

here is my program,

 


data have;
input name $40.;
infile datalines dlm=',';
datalines;
A
AAAOTAXIUNION
AACARPETSDELHI
AADESIGNFURNZTURNSAMUTPRAKAN
AADRIVERTRAININGLTAUCKLAND
AAFOOTWEARCENTRALWORBANGKOK
AAFOOTWEARGAYSORNBANGKOK
AAFOOTWEAROUTLETAYUTTAYUTTHAYA
AAHONGKONG
AAMCLENNANGKMPOKOLBIN
;
run;

data have2;
set have;
lag_name=lag(name);

run;

 

i also want to add a lead Row here for comparison. can anyone help? 

 

thanks in advance

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Try this

 

data have2;
    merge have
          have(firstobs=2 rename=(name=lead_name) keep=name);
    lag_name=lag(name);
run;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Try this

 

data have2;
    merge have
          have(firstobs=2 rename=(name=lead_name) keep=name);
    lag_name=lag(name);
run;
harrylui
Obsidian | Level 7
NOTE: Writing TAGSETS.SASREPORT13(EGSR) Body file: EGSR
31
32 GOPTIONS ACCESSIBLE;
33
34 data have2;
35 merge have
36 have(firstobs=2 rename=(name=lead_name) keep=name);
37 lag_name=lag(name);
38 run;

ERROR: No BY statement was specified for a MERGE statement.


not work
ed_sas_member
Meteorite | Level 14

HI @harrylui 

 

Could you try the same code with the following option before:

Options mergeNoBy=noWarn ;
harrylui
Obsidian | Level 7
thank you!
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Please check that the MERGENOBY System Option is set to NOWARN.

harrylui
Obsidian | Level 7
thank you! my problem is fixed!
Krueger
Pyrite | Level 9
I always just reverse sort order and do lag(), this is WAY easier!

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