duplicate the rows based on count

[Jagadishkatam]

Dear All,

I have the input as below where I want to duplicate the rows based on the count, like if I have the count 4 then i want to duplicate that 3 more time, if I have 3 then i want duplicate the rows 2 more times. Appreciate your response. 

data have;
input count name$;
cards;
4 sample1
3 sample2
4 sample3
;

 data want;

4 sample1
4 sample1
4 sample1
4 sample1
3 sample2
3 sample2
3 sample2
4 sample3
4 sample3
4 sample3
4 sample3


[LinusH · Accepted solution]

Try a do loop with an explicit output statement.

[Jagadishkatam]

Thank you I tried below code and it worked

data want;
set have;
do i = 1 to count;
output;
end;
run;