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UcheOkoro
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hello,

Please, I need help excluding observations from a variable that are out of order. For each ID, the order should be 010101 or 101010.  If the order is 001101, we exclude the repeated value, so it becomes 0101. The following is my sample data.

Thank you!

data WORK.CLASS(label='Student Data');
 input ID$3. Wgtloss;
 datalines;
222 0
222 1
222 1
222 0
222 0
222 0
223 1
223 1
223 1
223 0
223 0
223 1
224 1
224 1
224 0
224 1
224 0
224 0
 ;run;
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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Seems like a simple application of BY group processing.  Use the NOTSORTED keyword on the BY statement to form the groups.

data have;
 input ID :$3. Wgtloss;
datalines;
222 0
222 1
222 1
222 0
222 0
222 0
223 1
223 1
223 1
223 0
223 0
223 1
224 1
224 1
224 0
224 1
224 0
224 0
;

data want;
  set have;
  by id wgtloss notsorted ;
  if first.wgtloss;
run;

Results

Obs    ID     Wgtloss

  1    222       0
  2    222       1
  3    222       0
  4    223       1
  5    223       0
  6    223       1
  7    224       1
  8    224       0
  9    224       1
 10    224       0

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Seems like a simple application of BY group processing.  Use the NOTSORTED keyword on the BY statement to form the groups.

data have;
 input ID :$3. Wgtloss;
datalines;
222 0
222 1
222 1
222 0
222 0
222 0
223 1
223 1
223 1
223 0
223 0
223 1
224 1
224 1
224 0
224 1
224 0
224 0
;

data want;
  set have;
  by id wgtloss notsorted ;
  if first.wgtloss;
run;

Results

Obs    ID     Wgtloss

  1    222       0
  2    222       1
  3    222       0
  4    223       1
  5    223       0
  6    223       1
  7    224       1
  8    224       0
  9    224       1
 10    224       0
UcheOkoro
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Thank you so much for your assistance!

 

UcheOkoro
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Please, I have a follow up question. What if I want only the order where the number 1 comes first i.e. 101010?

 

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