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Smitha9
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi,

I have a dataset 

ID   Days  

1     -78

1     130

2    -98

2   -89

2    -456

3   -57

3     3

 

I want to select the nearest to the "0" value from the group of ID.

ID     Days

1       -78

2       -89

3         3

    

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

With SQL you could do:

 

proc sql;
select * 
from mydata
group by id
having abs(days) = min(abs(days));
quit;
PG

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