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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Answer Posted / sumit
Suppose the above dataset name is work.old.
Data new;
Set work.old (first obs = 2);
Run;
Proc sql;
Select Old.parent as grandfather, Old. Child as father,
new.child as grandchild from work.Old as old, work.new as
new
where old.child = new.parent;
quit;
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