The use of last.id by multiple groups

[joon1]

Dear Madam/Sir,

I would like to remain only the last observation by multiple groups (ticker prd_yr anndats)

ID is not coded by three multiple groups and last.id are not recognized using the following code. The sample dataset is attached.

proc sort data=m2b; by ticker prd_yr anndats; run;
proc freq data=m2b; tables ticker*prd_yr*anndats/noprint out=m2c;
data m2c; set m2c; id=_n_; run;

proc sort data=m2c; by ticker prd_yr anndats; run;
data m2d; merge m2b m2c; by ticker prd_yr anndats;
proc sort data=m2d; by ticker prd_yr anndats; run;
data m3; set m2d; by ticker prd_yr anndats;
if last.id; run;

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Joon1

[SASKiwi]

You need to add ID to your PROC SORT and DATA step BY statements. As long as you include it as one of the BY variables, and it can be in any position, you can use LAST.ID.

[joon1]

Thanks for your quick response.

I have inserted 'id' in the code. However, the result is the same as before. ID is not assigned properly and last.id is not working. I want to remain the last observation (red colored). Any help will be highly appreciated.

proc sort data=m2b; by ticker prd_yr anndats; run;
proc freq data=m2b; tables ticker*prd_yr*anndats/noprint out=m2c;
data m2c; set m2c; id=_n_; run;

proc sort data=m2c; by ticker prd_yr anndats id; run;
data m2d; merge m2b m2c; by ticker prd_yr anndats;
proc sort data=m2d; by ticker prd_yr anndats id; run;
data m3; set m2d; by ticker prd_yr anndats id;
if last.id; run;

Obs ticker prd_yr prd_mon anndats id measure pdicity val_1 val_2 estimate1 estimate2123456

000R	2014	12	2014-05-01	1	EPS	ANN	-1	-0.9	-0.9000	-0.95000
000R	2014	12	2014-07-31	2	EPS	ANN	-1.17	-1.04	-1.0400	-1.10500
000R	2014	12	2014-10-29	3	EPS	ANN	-1.07	-1.04	-1.0400	-1.05500
000R	2015	12	2015-03-19	4	EPS	ANN	-0.72	-0.53	-0.5300	-0.62500
000R	2015	12	2015-08-04	5	EPS	ANN	-0.68	-0.6	-0.6000	-0.64000
000R	2015	12	2015-10-29	6	EPS	ANN	-0.57	-0.54	-0.5400	-0.55500

[ErikLund_Jensen]

Hi @joon1 

You get the expected result from your code.

If you want the red lines only, data should still be sorted as specifies to get the "correct" last record,

but the subsetting if-statment should be "if last.prd_mon".

[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hello @joon1,

If you want to select the last observation of each ticker-prd_yr BY group, use if last.prd_yr.

data want;
set m2d;
by ticker prd_yr anndats id;
if last.prd_yr;
run;

The result will be the same with the shorter BY statement

by ticker prd_yr;

but including anndats id implies a check that dataset M2D is sorted by ticker prd_yr and within the ticker-prd_yr BY groups by anndats id (otherwise an error message would occur). So, in particular, the selected observations will be those with the latest anndats (within their ticker-prd_yr BY group).

Note that you defined variable id in a way that ticker-prd_yr-anndats-id BY groups are identical with ticker-prd_yr-anndats BY groups.

[joon1]

It works! Thank you so much, FreelanceReinh.