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Ronein
Onyx | Level 15

Hello

I have a row data that contain multiple rows per customer.

I want to concatenate the values in column  "Loc" and the remerge it with original data set

 

Data tbl;
input ID  Loc $;
cards;
1 .
1 .
1 3
1 .
1 5
2 .
2 .
2 3
2 .
2 .
3 .
3 .
3 .
3 .
3 .
;
run;
/*Required data set*/
/*1 .  3,5*/
/*1 .  3,5*/
/*1 3  3,5*/
/*1 .  3,5*/
/*1 5  3,5*/
/*2 .  3*/
/*2 .  3 */
/*2 3  3*/
/*2 .  .*/
/*2 .  .*/
/*3 .  .*/
/*3 .  .*/
/*3 .  .*/
/*3 .  .*/
/*3 .  .*/
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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
    do until (last.id);
        set tbl;
        length con $ 200;
        by id;
        if not missing(Loc) then con=catx(',', con, Loc);
    end;
    do until (last.id);
        set tbl;
        by id;
        output;
    end;
run;

Result:

 

ID   Loc   con
1          3,5
1          3,5
1    3     3,5
1          3,5
1    5     3,5
2    3
2    3
2    3     3
2    3
2    3
3  
3  
3  
3  
3  

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

@Ronein did you find your answer to your previous thread?

 

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/calculate-number-of-distinct-values-between-rows-for-...

 

If so, please remember to close the thread.

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20
data want;
    do until (last.id);
        set tbl;
        length con $ 200;
        by id;
        if not missing(Loc) then con=catx(',', con, Loc);
    end;
    do until (last.id);
        set tbl;
        by id;
        output;
    end;
run;

Result:

 

ID   Loc   con
1          3,5
1          3,5
1    3     3,5
1          3,5
1    5     3,5
2    3
2    3
2    3     3
2    3
2    3
3  
3  
3  
3  
3  

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