This is the Data.
data one;
input ID Act$ Section$;
datalines;
1 a1 s1
1 a1 s1
1 a2 s3
2 a1 s1
2 a1 s2
2 a1 s3
2 a3 s4
2 a4 s5
3 a1 s1
3 a1 s2
3 a1 s3
;
run;
I want this output.
ID Act_section
1 a1 a2 under/section: s1ss2,s3
2 a1 a3 a4 under/section s1 s2 s3 s4 s5
3 a1 under/section s1 s2 s3.
Can you help me?
data one;
input ID Act$ 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;
I think that you can try 'proc transpose' or use first and last statement by ID
What is the logic here?
And why do you want the wide format?
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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