to find all duplicate emails in a table with data step.
+----+---------+ | Id | Email | +----+---------+ | 1 | a@b.com | | 2 | c@d.com | | 3 | a@b.com | +----+---------+
For example, your query should return the following for the above table:
+---------+ | Email | +---------+ | a@b.com | +---------+
data have;
input
Id Email $;
cards;
1 a@b.com
2 c@d.com
3 a@b.com
;
run;
proc sort data=have;
by email;
run;
data want;
set have;
by email;
if not last.email;
run;
data have;
input
Id Email $;
cards;
1 a@b.com
2 c@d.com
3 a@b.com
;
run;
proc sort data=have;
by email;
run;
data want;
set have;
by email;
if not last.email;
run;
proc sql;
create table want as select count(email) as cnt, email from have group by email having count(email)>1;
quit;
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