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ccnky123
Calcite | Level 5

 

Suppose that a website contains two tables, the Customers table and the Orders table. Use data step to find all customers who never order anything.

Table: Customers.

+----+-------+
| Id | Name  |
+----+-------+
| 1  | Joe   |
| 2  | Henry |
| 3  | Sam   |
| 4  | Max   |
+----+-------+

Table: Orders.

+----+------------+
| Id | CustomerId |
+----+------------+
| 1  | 3          |
| 2  | 1          |
+----+------------+

Using the above tables as example, return the following:

+-----------+
| Customers |
+-----------+
| Henry     |
| Max       |
+-----------+

 

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

do like this

 

data customer;
input customer_id name$;
cards;
1   Joe   
2   Henry 
3   Sam   
4   Max   
;

data orders;
input id customer_id;
cards;
1   3
2   1
;

proc sort data=customer;by customer_id;run;
proc sort data=orders;by customer_id;run;

data want(keep=name);
   merge customer orders(in=ino);
   by customer_id;
   if not ino;
run;

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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
data customer;
input customer_id name$;
cards;
1   Joe   
2   Henry 
3   Sam   
4   Max   
;


data orders;
input id customer_id;
cards;
1   3
2   1
;

proc sql;
create table want as select a.* from customer as a where a.customer_id not in (select customer_id from orders);
quit;
Thanks,
Jag
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

do like this

 

data customer;
input customer_id name$;
cards;
1   Joe   
2   Henry 
3   Sam   
4   Max   
;

data orders;
input id customer_id;
cards;
1   3
2   1
;

proc sort data=customer;by customer_id;run;
proc sort data=orders;by customer_id;run;

data want(keep=name);
   merge customer orders(in=ino);
   by customer_id;
   if not ino;
run;
Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16

Alternatively by merge step

 

proc sort data=customer;
by customer_id;
run;

proc sort data=orders;
by customer_id;
run;


data want;
merge customer(in=a) orders(in=b);
by customer_id ;
if a and not b ;
run;
Thanks,
Jag

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