Date:         Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:43:30 -0600
Reply-To:     "Dunn, Toby" <Toby.Dunn@TEA.STATE.TX.US>
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From:         "Dunn, Toby" <Toby.Dunn@TEA.STATE.TX.US>
Subject:      Re: Help with datastep..
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I also guess you could do it this way:

data four;
set one;
set two;
run;

Not sure if it will be faster than a merge.

Toby Dunn

"It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to
figure out code. You should be able to read it." -Steve C McConnell



> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Dunn, Toby
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:26 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Help with datastep..
>
>
> Kumar,
>
> Simplest way I can think of is like the following:
>
> Data one;
>  merge   original_data
>        new_update_data ;
>  by personid ;
> Run;
>
>
> This assumes that the new_update_data has all the same
> variables as original_data. HTH Toby Dunn
>
> "It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't
> need to figure out code. You should be able to read it."
> -Steve C McConnell
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of
> > Sridhar, Kumar
> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:10 PM
> > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Help with datastep..
> >
> >
> > Hi Y'all:
> >
> >            I am trying to do the following:
> >
> > Patients come in for Screening and some of them are
> required to come
> > in for Repeat Screening.  In the event the patient is
> required to come
> > in for a repeat screening, the screening values are to be "deleted"
> > and the Repeat Screening to be used as Screening.
> >
> >
> > At this point, I am at a loss as to how to go about doing
> this.  Any
> > help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Kumar
> >
>