Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 19:01:04 -0400
Reply-To: Jeff Gropp <jgropp1@MSN.COM>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From: Jeff Gropp <jgropp1@MSN.COM>
Subject: DO statement
Me again!!
I have a question....
I only want every other (or ever third, or every fourth) observation in a
data set. If the data set contains sasyears =, i.e., 1928,1929,...1997
etc..., is there someway to submit a "DO" statement that is of form:
DO sasyear = 1928 to 1997 by 2;.......end;
and get the same results?
An example follows:
I have a data set of the following form:
sasyear id x
1930 1 23
1931 1 67
1932 1 25
1933 1 33
1934 1 89
1935 1 98
1936 1 32
1937 1 36
1938 1 43
1939 1 64
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
1930 2 56
1931 2 67
1932 2 87
1933 2 32
1934 2 98
1935 2 22
1936 2 31
1937 2 56
1938 2 88
1939 2 61
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
and what I want is:
sasyear id x
1930 1 23
1933 1 33
1936 1 32
1939 1 64
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
1930 2 56
1933 2 32
1936 2 31
1939 2 61
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
........ .... ......
Jeff
