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jmmedina25
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi! I'd like a variable that is just the sum of all 1's in a given column.

both are numeric variables

example:

 

given   want

1          4

0          4

1          4

1          4

1          4

0          4

0          4

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Hello @jmmedina25  Enjoy remerge 

 

 


data have;
input given ;*  want;
cards;
1          4
0          4
1          4
1          4
1          4
0          4
0          4
;

proc sql;
create table want as 
select *,sum(given) as want
from have;
quit;

 or

proc sql;
create table want as
select *,sum(given=1) as want
from have;
quit;

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Reeza
Super User

PROC MEANS

https://github.com/statgeek/SAS-Tutorials/blob/master/proc_means_basic.sas

There are lots of ways, choose of which to use, usually depends on what you plan to do next.

 


@jmmedina25 wrote:

Hi! I'd like a variable that is just the sum of all 1's in a given column.

both are numeric variables

example:

 

given   want

1          4

0          4

1          4

1          4

1          4

0          4

0          4


 

novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Hello @jmmedina25  Enjoy remerge 

 

 


data have;
input given ;*  want;
cards;
1          4
0          4
1          4
1          4
1          4
0          4
0          4
;

proc sql;
create table want as 
select *,sum(given) as want
from have;
quit;

 or

proc sql;
create table want as
select *,sum(given=1) as want
from have;
quit;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

The above is the same as 

proc sql;
create table want as
select *
from have a,(select sum(given) as want from have);
quit;
data want;
do until(lr);
set have end=lr;
sum+given;
end;
lr=0;
do until(lr);
set have end=lr;
output;
end;
run;

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