how can get the first and last observations in a dataset
using Proc SQl?
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Answer / venkatesh layam
by using monotonic function u can create first and lastobs
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Answer / venkatesh layam
crate one data in sql with adding of new var (a = 1) and
sort(order by) descending order by another variable and
take distinct of a (newvar-which is already created) --then
u wil get last observation.
next do ascending and get first obs ,then union these two
data sets .u will get first and last obs.
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Create a new data set as below:
data demo;
input year month cpi;
datalines;
1990 6 129.9
1990 7 130.4
1990 8 131.6
1990 9 132.7
1991 4 135.2
1991 5 135.6
1991 6 136.0
1991 7 136.2
;
run;
Sort the data if needed.
Create a new id field:
data demo2;
set demo;
id = _n_;
run;
Display the first and last record for every date and finally remove the id column.
proc sql;
create table final as select * from demo2 where id in (select min(id) from demo2 group by year) or id in (select max(id) from demo2 group by year);
alter table final drop column id;
quit;
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