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Ishwarkumar
Obsidian | Level 7

This is the Data.

 

data one;
input ID Act$ Section$;
datalines;
1 a1 s1
1 a1 s1
1 a2 s3
2 a1 s1
2 a1 s2
2 a1 s3
2 a3 s4
2 a4 s5
3 a1 s1
3 a1 s2
3 a1 s3
;
run;

 

I want this output.

ID      Act_section

1        a1 a2  under/section: s1ss2,s3

2        a1 a3 a4  under/section s1 s2 s3 s4 s5

3        a1 under/section s1 s2 s3.

 

Can you help me? 

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Ksharp
Super User
data one;
input ID Act$ Section$;
datalines;
1 a1 s1
1 a1 s2
1 a2 s3
2 a1 s1
2 a1 s2
2 a1 s3
2 a3 s4
2 a4 s5
3 a1 s1
3 a1 s2
3 a1 s3
;
run;

data want;
 set one ;
 by id;
 length a b $ 200;
 retain a b;
 if first.id then call missing(a,b);
 if not findw(a,strip(act)) then a=catx(' ',a,act);
 if not findw(b,strip(section)) then b=catx(' ',b,section);
 if last.id then do;act_session=catx(' ',a,'under/section:',b);output;end;
drop a b act section;
run;
proc print;run;

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juanvg1972
Pyrite | Level 9

I think that you can try 'proc transpose' or use first and last statement by ID

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

What is the logic here?

 

And why do you want the wide format?

Ksharp
Super User
data one;
input ID Act$ Section$;
datalines;
1 a1 s1
1 a1 s2
1 a2 s3
2 a1 s1
2 a1 s2
2 a1 s3
2 a3 s4
2 a4 s5
3 a1 s1
3 a1 s2
3 a1 s3
;
run;

data want;
 set one ;
 by id;
 length a b $ 200;
 retain a b;
 if first.id then call missing(a,b);
 if not findw(a,strip(act)) then a=catx(' ',a,act);
 if not findw(b,strip(section)) then b=catx(' ',b,section);
 if last.id then do;act_session=catx(' ',a,'under/section:',b);output;end;
drop a b act section;
run;
proc print;run;

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