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
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;
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;
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;
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