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Deepti44
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi I have data some thing like below

 

 

accountid
9434542
9434526
9434518
9434534
9434542
9434518

 

 

and i want something like this with distinct data in the id field after concatenating,Can any one help me with this !

 

accountnew id
9434542,26,18,34

 

 

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18
proc sort data=have out=temp nodupkey;
  by account id;
run;

data want;
  set temp;
   by account;
        length new_id $100;  /* addapt to max length needed */
        retain new_id;
        if first.account then new_id = ' ';
        new_id = catx(',',new_id,id);
        if last.account then output;
run;

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18
proc sort data=have out=temp nodupkey;
  by account id;
run;

data want;
  set temp;
   by account;
        length new_id $100;  /* addapt to max length needed */
        retain new_id;
        if first.account then new_id = ' ';
        new_id = catx(',',new_id,id);
        if last.account then output;
run;
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Alternatively

 

proc sort data=have out=temp nodupkey;
  by account id;
run;

proc transpose data=have out=trans;
by account;
var id;
run;

data want;
set trans;
new_id=catx(',',of col:);
drop col: _name_;
run;
Thanks,
Jag

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