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France
Quartz | Level 8

Dear all,

 

I'd like to merge two datasets (especially two variables) based on name(psn_name_cited) and date(earliest_filling_month)

 

dataset1

 

psn_name_cited, citation, earliest_filling_month

Apple,1,SEP2001

Facebook,2,OCT2002

 

dataset2

psn_name_cited,application,earliest_filling_month

Apple,5,SEP2001

Apple,2,OCT2001

Facebook,7,OCT2001

Uber,10,DEC2001

 

I'd like to have the following data (Want) like 

 

psn_name_cited, earliest_filling_month,application, citation

Apple,SEP2001,5,1

Apple,OCT2001,2,0

Facebook,OCT2001,7,2

Uber,DEC2001,10,0

 

could you please give me some suggestion about this?

 

thanks in advance

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
Kurt_Bremser
Super User
proc sort data=ds1;
by psn_name_cited earliest_filing_month;
run;

proc sort data=ds2;
by psn_name_cited earliest_filing_month;
run;

data want;
merge
  ds2 (in=ds2)
  ds1 (in=ds1)
;
by psn_name_cited earliest_filing_month;
if ds2;
if not ds1 then citation = 0;
run;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User
proc sort data=ds1;
by psn_name_cited earliest_filing_month;
run;

proc sort data=ds2;
by psn_name_cited earliest_filing_month;
run;

data want;
merge
  ds2 (in=ds2)
  ds1 (in=ds1)
;
by psn_name_cited earliest_filing_month;
if ds2;
if not ds1 then citation = 0;
run;
France
Quartz | Level 8

Dear KurtBremser, 

 

Thank you for your advice. it is totally correct.

 

However, could you please answer me one more question?

 

How can I keep the 'application' columns for a company name (i.e., psn_name_cited) if the sum number of 'citation' columns for this name is larger than zero?

 

for example.for the dataset have 

psn_name_cited, earliest_filing_month, application, citation

apple, SEP2000,2,1

apple, SEP2001,2,0

 

 

I'd like to have the dataset want

psn_name_cited, earliest_filing_month, application, citation

apple, SEP2000,2,1

apple, SEP2001,2,0

 

rather than 

psn_name_cited, earliest_filing_month, application, citation

apple, SEP2000,2,1

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

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