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Saikiran_Mamidi
Obsidian | Level 7

i am having data like this 

tid     tname$   time        subt$

1      abc          20:12      xy,zx,yz

 

i want the above observation like this

tid     tname$   time        subt$

1     abc         20:12        xy

1     abc          20:12      zx

1     abc         20:12       yz

 

 

 

only code required?

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s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

That's not so hard:

 

data want;
  set have;
  length _subt $2;
  do _N_=1 to countw(subt);
    _subt=scan(subt,_N_,',');
    output;
    end;
  drop subt;
  rename _subt=subt;
run;

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ed_sas_member
Meteorite | Level 14

Hi @Saikiran_Mamidi 

 

Here is an attempt to do this:

data have;
	input tid  tname$ time:time5. subt:$80.;
	format time time5.;
	datalines;
1 abc 20:12 xy,zx,yz     
2 edf 20:12 aa,zx,yz,rb,rb
;
run;

proc sql noprint;
	select max(countw(subt,',')) into: max_nb from have;
quit;
	
data have2;
	set have;
	nb = countw(subt,',');
	array _subt(&max_nb) $ ;
	do i=1 to nb;
		subt_new = scan(subt,i,',');
		output;
	end;
	drop i nb subt _subt:;
	rename subt_new = subt;
run;
s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

That's not so hard:

 

data want;
  set have;
  length _subt $2;
  do _N_=1 to countw(subt);
    _subt=scan(subt,_N_,',');
    output;
    end;
  drop subt;
  rename _subt=subt;
run;

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