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HitmonTran
Pyrite | Level 9

hello,

 

I want to output observation "Visit" for all subjects.  

data have:

subjectvisit
001monday
001friday
002monday
003monday
003tuesday
003wednesday

 

data want:

subjectvisit
001monday
001tuesday
001wednesday
001thursday
001friday
002monday
002tuesday
002wednesday
002thursday
002friday
003monday
003tuesday
003wednesday
003thursday
003friday
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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

You need a list of subjects and a list of visits.  

Let's assume the list of subjects comes from the dataset you already have.

What is the source for the list of visits?

Perhaps something like this:

data visits;
  input visit $20.;
cards;
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
;

So a simple join like this should generate what you want.

proc sql;
create table want as select *
  from (select distinct subject from have)
     , vists
  order by subject, visit
;
quit;

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

You need a list of subjects and a list of visits.  

Let's assume the list of subjects comes from the dataset you already have.

What is the source for the list of visits?

Perhaps something like this:

data visits;
  input visit $20.;
cards;
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
;

So a simple join like this should generate what you want.

proc sql;
create table want as select *
  from (select distinct subject from have)
     , vists
  order by subject, visit
;
quit;
mkeintz
PROC Star

You apparently want a Cartesian crossing of subject and visit (although you don't have Thursday in your sample data, but do have it in your desired output.  Use the "completetypes" option of PROC SUMMARY:

 

data have;
  input subject visit :$9.    ; 
  format subject z3.;
datalines;
1 Monday
1 Friday
2 Monday
3 Monday
3 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
run;

proc summary data=have completetypes nway;
  class subject visit ;
  output out=want (drop=_type_);
run;

 

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