Sum consecutive observations in a dataset SAS - sas

Question

I have a dataset that looks like:
Hour Flag
1 1
2 1
3 .
4 1
5 1
6 .
7 1
8 1
9 1
10 .
11 1
12 1
13 1
14 1
I want to have an output dataset like:
Total_Hours Count
2 2
3 1
4 1
As you can see, I want to count the number of hours included in each period with consecutive "1s". A missing value ends the consecutive sequence.
How should I go about doing this? Thanks!

Answer 1

You'll need to do this in two steps. First step is making sure the data is sorted properly and determining the number of hours in a consecutive period:
PROC SORT DATA = <your dataset>;
BY hour;
RUN;
DATA work.consecutive_hours;
SET <your dataset> END = lastrec;
RETAIN
total_hours 0
;
IF flag = 1 THEN total_hours = total_hours + 1;
ELSE
DO;
IF total_hours > 0 THEN output;
total_hours = 0;
END;
/* Need to output last record */
IF lastrec AND total_hours > 0 THEN output;
KEEP
total_hours
;
RUN;
Now a simple SQL statement:
PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE work.hour_summary AS
SELECT
total_hours
,COUNT(*) AS count
FROM
work.consecutive_hours
GROUP BY
total_hours
;
QUIT;

Answer 2

You will have to do two things:
compute the run lengths
compute the frequency of the run lengths
For the case of using the implict loop
Each run length occurnece can be computed and maintained in a retained tracking variable, testing for a missing value or end of data for output and a non missing value for run length reset or increment.
Proc FREQ
An alternative is to use an explicit loop and a hash for frequency counts.
Example:
data have; input
Hour Flag; datalines;
1 1
2 1
3 .
4 1
5 1
6 .
7 1
8 1
9 1
10 .
11 1
12 1
13 1
14 1
;
data _null_;
declare hash counts(ordered:'a');
counts.defineKey('length');
counts.defineData('length', 'count');
counts.defineDone();
do until (end);
set have end=end;
if not missing(flag) then
length + 1;
if missing(flag) or end then do;
if length > 0 then do;
if counts.find() eq 0
then count+1;
else count=1;
counts.replace();
length = 0;
end;
end;
end;
counts.output(dataset:'want');
run;

Answer 3

An alternative
data _null_;
if _N_ = 1 then do;
dcl hash h(ordered : "a");
h.definekey("Total_Hours");
h.definedata("Total_Hours", "Count");
h.definedone();
end;
do Total_Hours = 1 by 1 until (last.Flag);
set have end=lr;
by Flag notsorted;
end;
Count = 1;
if Flag then do;
if h.find() = 0 then Count+1;
h.replace();
end;
if lr then h.output(dataset : "want");
run;

Answer 4

Several weeks ago, #Richard taught me how to use DOW-loop and direct addressing array. Today, I give it to you.
data want(keep=Total_Hours Count);
array bin[99]_temporary_;
do until(eof1);
set have end=eof1;
if Flag then count + 1;
if ^Flag or eof1 then do;
bin[count] + 1;
count = .;
end;
end;
do i = 1 to dim(bin);
Total_Hours = i;
Count = bin[i];
if Count then output;
end;
run;
And Thanks Richard again, he also suggested me this article.