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xshhAlex
Calcite | Level 5

I want to eliminate the missing values in the data set below and make it become a cleaner data set.

I have the following data set:

 

id  age  gender  score

1     .         .          30

1     .         F          .

1   10        .           .

2     .         .          40

2     .         M          .

2   11        .           .

3     .         .          50

3     .         F          .

3   12        .           .

 

How can I change the above data set to the new data set looks like:

 

id  age  gender  score

1   10        F         30

2   11        M        40

3   12        F         50

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Reeza
Super User

There's a trick for this using the UPDATE statement. Replace your data set name with the HAVE in the code below and see what you get.

 

data want;
update have(obs=0) have;
by ID;
run;

@xshhAlex wrote:

I want to eliminate the missing values in the data set below and make it become a cleaner data set.

I have the following data set:

 

id  age  gender  score

1     .         .          30

1     .         F          .

1   10        .           .

2     .         .          40

2     .         M          .

2   11        .           .

3     .         .          50

3     .         F          .

3   12        .           .

 

How can I change the above data set to the new data set looks like:

 

id  age  gender  score

1   10        F         30

2   11        M        40

3   12        F         50




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Reeza
Super User

There's a trick for this using the UPDATE statement. Replace your data set name with the HAVE in the code below and see what you get.

 

data want;
update have(obs=0) have;
by ID;
run;

@xshhAlex wrote:

I want to eliminate the missing values in the data set below and make it become a cleaner data set.

I have the following data set:

 

id  age  gender  score

1     .         .          30

1     .         F          .

1   10        .           .

2     .         .          40

2     .         M          .

2   11        .           .

3     .         .          50

3     .         F          .

3   12        .           .

 

How can I change the above data set to the new data set looks like:

 

id  age  gender  score

1   10        F         30

2   11        M        40

3   12        F         50




xshhAlex
Calcite | Level 5
The code you offered me works! Thank you so much!

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