I need some help in trying to execute a comparison of rows within different ID variable groups, all in a single dataset.
That is, if there is any duplicate observation within two or more ID groups, then I'd like to delete the observation entirely.
I want to identify any duplicates between rows of different groups and delete the observation entirely.
For example:
ID Value
1 A
1 B
1 C
1 D
1 D
2 A
2 C
3 A
3 Z
3 B
The output I desire is:
ID Value
1 D
3 Z
I have looked online extensively, and tried a few things. I thought I could mark the duplicates with a flag and then delete based off that flag.
The flagging code is:
data have;
set want;
flag = first.ID ne last.ID;
run;
This worked for some cases, but I also got duplicates within the same value group flagged.
Therefore the first observation got deleted:
ID Value
3 Z
I also tried:
data have;
set want;
flag = first.ID ne last.ID and first.value ne last.value;
run;
but that didn't mark any duplicates at all.
I would appreciate any help. Please let me know if any other information is required.
Thanks.
Here's a fairly simple way to do it: sort and deduplicate by value + ID, then keep only rows with values that occur only for a single ID.
data have;
input ID Value $;
cards;
1 A
1 B
1 C
1 D
1 D
2 A
2 C
3 A
3 Z
3 B
;
run;
proc sort data = have nodupkey;
by value ID;
run;
data want;
set have;
by value;
if first.value and last.value;
run;
proc sql version:
proc sql;
create table want as
select distinct ID, value from have
group by value
having count(distinct id) =1
order by id
;
quit;