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Quartz | Level 8

how to use data step or sql to achieve this.any suggestions or ideas ?

thanks!

 

orignial data:

datespend
201808015
201808014
201808023
201808027
201808021
201808030.5

 

want:

datesumCumulative
201808019
2018080220
2018080320.5

 

logic:

datecumulativeSum
201808015+4
201808025+4+3+7+1
201808035+4+3+7+1+0.5
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Ksharp
Super User
data have;
infile cards expandtabs;
input date	spend;
cards;
20180801	5	 	 	20180801	5+4
20180801	4	 	 	20180802	5+4+3+7+1
20180802	3	 	 	20180803	5+4+3+7+1+0.5
20180802	7	 	 	 	 
20180802	1	 	 	 	 
20180803	0.5
;
run;
proc summary data=have;
by date;
var spend;
output out=temp sum=;
run;
data want;
 set temp;
 sum+spend;
run;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Please supply example data in a usable form (datastep with datalines), and show the expected output.

You can't have two columns with the same name in a dataset.

Ksharp
Super User
data have;
infile cards expandtabs;
input date	spend;
cards;
20180801	5	 	 	20180801	5+4
20180801	4	 	 	20180802	5+4+3+7+1
20180802	3	 	 	20180803	5+4+3+7+1+0.5
20180802	7	 	 	 	 
20180802	1	 	 	 	 
20180803	0.5
;
run;
proc summary data=have;
by date;
var spend;
output out=temp sum=;
run;
data want;
 set temp;
 sum+spend;
run;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20
data have;
infile cards expandtabs;
input date	spend;
cards;
20180801	5	 	 	20180801	5+4
20180801	4	 	 	20180802	5+4+3+7+1
20180802	3	 	 	20180803	5+4+3+7+1+0.5
20180802	7	 	 	 	 
20180802	1	 	 	 	 
20180803	0.5
;
run;

data want;
do until(last.date);
set have;
by date;
sum+spend;
end;
run;

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