data a;
input id name: $30.;
datalines;
1 sachin,ramesh,tendulkar
2 narendra,modi
3 modi
output wants:
id name
1 sachin
1 ramesh
1 tendulkar
2 narendra
2 modi
3 modi
data have;
input id name: $30.;
datalines;
1 sachin,ramesh,tendulkar
2 narendra,modi
3 modi
;
data want;
set have;
length name2 $10;
drop name;
do i=1 to countc(name,',')+1;
name2=scan(name,i,',');
output;
end;
run;
Thank you !!
That is what the trailing @ is for in the INPUT statement.
data a;
infile datalines dsd dlm=', ' truncover;
input id @;
do col=1 by 1 ;
input name :$30. @;
if name=' ' and col>1 then leave;
output;
end;
datalines;
1 sachin,ramesh,tendulkar
2 narendra,modi
3 modi
4
;
proc print;
run;
Result
Obs id col name 1 1 1 sachin 2 1 2 ramesh 3 1 3 tendulkar 4 2 1 narendra 5 2 2 modi 6 3 1 modi 7 4 1
data a;
infile cards dlm=' ,' truncover;
input id name :$80. @;
do while(not missing(name));
output;
input name :$80. @;
end;
datalines;
1 sachin,ramesh,tendulkar
2 narendra,modi
3 modi
;
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