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asabou01
Obsidian | Level 7

data have;
infile datalines;
input ID $6. code $ date $;
datalines;
AP9734 300 6/19/2019
AP9734 301 2/15/2020
run;


WANT:

ID code1 code2 date1 date1
AP9734 300 301 6/19/2019 2/15/2020

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ghosh
Barite | Level 11

not sure why you want to do it, if it's for reporting purpose, you should look into proc report. 

 

But anyways, here is a quick solution

data mrg;
  merge  have (obs=1 firstobs=1 rename=(code=code1 date=date1)) 
 		 have (obs=2 firstobs=2  rename=(code=code2 date=date2));
  by id;
run;

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ballardw
Super User

What if you have 3 or more values the same for id?

Is it always exactly 2?

ghosh
Barite | Level 11

not sure why you want to do it, if it's for reporting purpose, you should look into proc report. 

 

But anyways, here is a quick solution

data mrg;
  merge  have (obs=1 firstobs=1 rename=(code=code1 date=date1)) 
 		 have (obs=2 firstobs=2  rename=(code=code2 date=date2));
  by id;
run;

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