I try to change the chrac to numeric but it does not work
data test; input id rankdate eq; cards; 1 19880331 . 1 19880630 . 1 19880930 . 1 19881231 . 1 19890331 . 1 19890630 . 1 19890930 . 1 19891231 . 1 19900331 . 1 19900630 . 1 19900930 . 1 19901231 39.2 1 19910331 . 1 19910630 . 1 19910930 . 1 19911231 127.336 1 19920331 . 1 19920630 . 1 19920930 . 1 19921231 252.952 1 19930331 . 1 19930630 . 1 19930930 . 1 19931231 209.567 1 19940331 . 1 19940630 . 1 19940930 . 1 19941231 239.622 1 19950331 . 1 19950630 . 1 19950930 . 1 19951231 265.222 1 19960331 . 1 19960630 . 1 19960930 . 1 19961231 458.352 1 19970331 . 1 19970630 . 1 19970930 . 1 19971231 881.127 1 19980331 . 1 19980630 . 1 19980930 . 1 19981231 1752.1 1 19990331 . 1 19990630 . 1 19990930 . 1 19991231 2298.734 1 20000331 . 1 20000630 . 2 19911231 . 2 19920331 . 2 19920630 . 2 19920930 . 2 19921231 . 2 19930331 . 2 19930630 . 2 19930930 . 2 19931231 . 2 19940331 . 2 19940630 . 2 19940930 . 2 19941231 2.792 2 19950331 . 2 19950630 . 2 19950930 . 2 19951231 2.795 2 19960331 . 2 19960630 . 2 19960930 . 2 19961231 8.635 2 19970331 . 2 19970630 . 2 19970930 . 2 19971231 20.477 2 19980331 . 2 19980630 . 2 19980930 . 2 19981231 48.377 2 19990331 . 2 19990630 . 2 19990930 . 2 19991231 56.088 ; run; data want ; set test ; array _char eq ; array _num 8 eq1; do i=1 to dim(_char); _num(i) = input(_char(i),best32.); end; drop eq1 i; run; data want1; set want; by ID; retain lstv; If first.ID then lstv = ""; if EQ ne "" then lstv=EQ; if EQ="" then EQ=lstv; run;
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