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HitmonTran
Pyrite | Level 9

HI,

 

I need to generate a sequence number per every 5 obs.

 

below is the data with variable "var".  I want variable "seq" .  THank you

 

data  :

var       seq

aa1
bb1
cc1
dd1
ee1
ff2
gg2
hh2
ii2
jj2

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input var $;
cards;
aa	1
bb	1
cc	1
dd	1
ee	1
ff	2
gg	2
hh	2
ii	2
jj	2
;

data want;
  set have;
  if mod(_n_,5)=1 then seq+1;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
input var $;
cards;
aa	1
bb	1
cc	1
dd	1
ee	1
ff	2
gg	2
hh	2
ii	2
jj	2
;

data want;
  set have;
  if mod(_n_,5)=1 then seq+1;
run;

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