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jonatan_velarde
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi friends:

 

I have this Table containing info of 3 cats with their corresponding diseases:

 

cat disease
1 a,b,c
2 a,b,d
3 c,d,e,f,g

 

Now i need each disease in its respective row:

cat disease
1 a
1 b
1 c
2 a
2 b
2 d
3 c
3 d
3 e
3 f
3 g

 

 

Thanks in advance

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input cat	disease :$10.;
cards;
1	a,b,c
2	a,b,d
3   c,d,e,f,g
;

data want;
 set have;
 do _n_=1 to countw(disease,',');
  _d=scan(disease,_n_,',');
  output;
 end;
 rename _d=disease;
 drop disease;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input cat	disease :$10.;
cards;
1	a,b,c
2	a,b,d
3   c,d,e,f,g
;

data want;
 set have;
 do _n_=1 to countw(disease,',');
  _d=scan(disease,_n_,',');
  output;
 end;
 rename _d=disease;
 drop disease;
run;
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

please try

 

data have;
input cat 	disease:$100.;
cards;
1 	a,b,c
2 	a,b,d
3 	c,d,e,f,g
;

data want;
set have(rename=(disease=_disease));
cnt=countw(_disease,',');
do i = 1 to cnt;
disease=scan(_disease,i,',');
output;
end;
run;
Thanks,
Jag

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