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AKHILA
Obsidian | Level 7

how can i count the total within the subgroup?

that is for the given data the variables are id ,month ,recruitment.

 

 A      1  4

 A      2  2                    

 A      3   3 

 A      4   6                    

  A     5   3 
 B      1   1
 B      2   2 
 B       3  4
 B      4   5 
 B    5   4
 C   1   1
 C   2   3
 C   4   2
 C  5   1
 D   1   2 
 D   2  3
 D   3  2
 D  4  1
 D  5 4

i want to calculate the recruitment of individual ids,

desired output;

id      total recruitment

A      18

B       16

C       7

D      12

 

please help.

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

data have ;
input  id $ month recruitment;
cards;
A      1  4
A      2  2
A      3   3 
A      4   6
A     5   3 
B      1   1
B      2   2 
B       3  4
B      4   5 
B    5   4
C   1   1
C   2   3
C   4   2
C  5   1
D   1   2 
D   2  3
D   3  2
D  4  1
D  5 4
;

proc sql;
create table want as
select id, sum(recruitment) as total_recruitment
from have
group by id;
quit;

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jonna28pr0
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi,

 

Please try below code. 

 

proc means data=your_data sum;

  class id;

  var recruitment;

run;

 

I found referred the solutions from the link https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sums-and-counts-by-group/td-p/49055.

 

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Look at any of the simple stats procs with a by group, e.g. means, summary, tabulate:

proc means data=have;
  by id;
  var recruitment;
  output out=want sum=sum;
run;
novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

data have ;
input  id $ month recruitment;
cards;
A      1  4
A      2  2
A      3   3 
A      4   6
A     5   3 
B      1   1
B      2   2 
B       3  4
B      4   5 
B    5   4
C   1   1
C   2   3
C   4   2
C  5   1
D   1   2 
D   2  3
D   3  2
D  4  1
D  5 4
;

proc sql;
create table want as
select id, sum(recruitment) as total_recruitment
from have
group by id;
quit;
AKHILA
Obsidian | Level 7
Thanks

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