I need to create a flag where in one dataset i have few terms like andy, parci, mubdi and if in the other dataset i have these terms it should be flagged as Y. How can i merge them?
Show some example data and what the files should look like after merging. Also if there are duplicates of the values involved in either data set then include an example so we can tell what need's to be done.
Here is one way guessing on the info we have:
data check_file;
input data1 data2 checkterm $8.;
datalines;
1 2 andi
2 2 parka
3 3 whoopi
3 4 parci
6 5 mubdi
8 4 mudbi
9 1 parci
3 2 andy
5 3 andi
;
run;
data reference_file;
input referenceterm $8.;
datalines;
parci
mubdi
andy
;
run;
proc sql;
create table flagged_check_file as
select data1, data2, checkterm,
case when checkterm in (select referenceterm from reference_file) then 1 else 0 end as term_flagged
from check_file;
quit;
proc print noobs;
run;
Which gives us:
term_ data1 data2 checkterm flagged 1 2 andi 0 2 2 parka 0 3 3 whoopi 0 3 4 parci 1 6 5 mubdi 1 8 4 mudbi 0 9 1 parci 1 3 2 andy 1 5 3 andi 0
But i agree with ballardw, post more info.
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