Suppose there is a SAS dataset with following values -
Parent Child
A B
B C
D E
F G
G H
H I
and so on…..
This goes onto 1000s of observations/rows.
Now how do we identify from this dataset Grandparents and
Grandchildrens ?
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data dx;
infile datalines dsd dlm=',';
input parent :$8. child :$8.;
datalines;
A,B
B,C
D,E
F,G
G,H
H,I
;;;;
run;
data dy(rename=(parent=grandfather child=father)) ;
merge dx(firstobs=2 in =a rename=(child=grandchild
parent=child ))
dx(firstobs=1 in =b );
by child;
if a and b;
run;
proc print;
var grandfather father grandchild;
run;
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