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SAS42
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

 

I have dataset as follows:

Group Value

a          1

a          2

a          3

b          1

b          2

b          3

....

 

Is there a way to add group id to the dataset like follows:

Group Value  group_id

a          1         1

a          2         1

a          3         1

b          1         2

b          2         2

b          3         2

....

 

I can use proc sql and join to do this, but is there any other simpler way?

 

 

 

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Accepted Solutions
ballardw
Super User

Assuming the data is sorted by group

data want;
   set have;
   by group;
   retain group_id 0;
   if first.group then group_id+1;
run;

If the data is grouped by the group variable but not in sort order:

 

data want;
   set have;
   by  group notsorted;
   retain group_id 0;
   if first.group then group_id+1;
run;

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ballardw
Super User

Assuming the data is sorted by group

data want;
   set have;
   by group;
   retain group_id 0;
   if first.group then group_id+1;
run;

If the data is grouped by the group variable but not in sort order:

 

data want;
   set have;
   by  group notsorted;
   retain group_id 0;
   if first.group then group_id+1;
run;
SAS42
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you very much. It worked.

 

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