SAS creating a dynamic interval - sas

This is somewhat complex (well to me at least).
Here is what I have to do:
Say that I have the following dataset:
date price volume
02-Sep 40 100
03-Sep 45 200
04-Sep 46 150
05-Sep 43 300
Say that I have a breakpoint where I wish to create an interval in my dataset. For instance, let my breakpoint = 200 volume transaction.
What I want is to create an ID column and record an ID variable =1,2,3,... for every breakpoint = 200. When you sum all the volume per ID, the value must be constant across all ID variables.
So using my example above, my final dataset should look like the following:
date price volume id
02-Sep 40 100 1
03-Sep 45 100 1
03-Sep 45 100 2
04-Sep 46 100 2
04-Sep 46 50 3
05-Sep 43 150 3
05-Sep 43 150 4
(last row can miss some value but that is fine. I will kick out the last id)
As you can see, I had to "decompose" some rows (like the second row for instance, I break the 200 into two 100 volume) in order to have constant value of the sum, 200, of volume across all ID.

Looks like you're doing volume bucketing for a flow toxicity VPIN calculation. I think this works:
%let bucketsize = 200;
data buckets(drop=bucket volume rename=(vol=volume));
set tmp;
retain bucket &bucketsize id 1;
do until(volume=0);
vol=min(volume,bucket);
output;
volume=volume-vol;
bucket=bucket-vol;
if bucket=0 then do;
bucket=&bucketsize;
id=id+1;
end;
end;
run;
I tested this with your dataset and it looks right, but I would check carefully several cases to confirm that it works right.

If you have a variable which indicates 'Buy' or 'Sell', then you can try this. Let's say this variable is called type and takes the values 'B' or 'S'. One advantage of using this method would be that it is easier to process 'by-groups' if any.
%let bucketsize = 200;
data tmp2;
set tmp;
retain volsumb idb volusums ids;
/* Initialize. */
volusumb = 0; idb = 1; volsums = 0; ids = 1;
/* Store the current total for each type. */
if type = 'B' then volsumb = volsumb + volume;
else if type = 'S' then volsums = volsums + volume;
/* If the total has reached 200, then reset and increment id. */
/* You have not given the algorithm if the volume exceeds 200, for example the first two values are 150 and 75. */
if volsumb = &bucketsize then do; idb = idb + 1; volsumb = 0; end;
if volsums = &bucketsize then do; ids = ids + 1; volsums = 0; end;
drop volsumb volsums;
run;

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mean of 10 variables with different starting point (SAS)

I have 18 numerical variables pm25_total2000 to pm25_total2018
Each person have a starting year between 2013 and 2018, we can call that variable "reqyear".
Now I want to calculate mean for each persons 10 years before the starting year.
For example if a person have starting year 2015 I want mean(of pm25_total2006-pm25_total2015)
Or if a person have starting year 2013 I want mean(of pm25_total2004-pm25_total2013)
How to do this?
data _null_;
set scapkon;
reqyear=substr(iCDate,1,4)*1;
call symput('reqy',reqyear);
run;
data scatm;
set scapkon;
/* Medelvärde av 10 år innan rekryteringsår */
pm25means=mean(of pm25_total%eval(&reqy.-9)-pm25_total%eval(&reqy.));
run;
%eval(&reqy.-9) will be constant value (the same value for all as for the first person) , in my case 2007
That doesn't work.
You can compute the mean with a traditional loop.
data want;
set have;
array x x2000-x2018;
call missing(sum, mean, n);
do _n_ = 1 to 10;
v = x ( start - 1999 -_n_ );
if not missing(v) then do;
sum + v;
n + 1;
end;
end;
if n then mean = sum / n;
run;
If you want to flex your SAS skill, you can use POKE and PEEK concepts to copy a fixed length slice (i.e. a fixed number of array elements) of an array to another array and compute the mean of the slice.
Example:
You will need to add sentinel elements and range checks on start to prevent errors when start-10 < 2000.
data have;
length id start x2000-x2018 8;
do id = 1 to 15;
start = 2013 + mod(id,6);
array x x2000-x2018;
do over x;
x = _n_;
_n_+1;
end;
output;
end;
format x: 5.;
run;
data want;
length id start mean10yrPriorStart 8;
set have;
array x x2000-x2018;
array slice(10) _temporary_;
call pokelong (
peekclong ( addrlong ( x(start-1999-10) ) , 10*8 ) ,
addrlong ( slice (1))
);
mean10yrPriorStart = mean(of slice(*));
run;
use an array and loop
index the array with years
accumulate the sum of the values
accumulate the count to account for any missing values
divide to obtain the mean value
data want;
set have;
array _pm(2000:2018) pm25_total2000 - pm25_total2018;
do year=reqyear to (reqyear-9) by -1;
*add totals;
total = sum(total, _pm(year));
*add counts;
nyears = sum(nyears,not missing(_pm(year)));
end;
*accounts for possible missing years;
mean = total/nyears;
run;
Note this loop goes in reverse (start year to 9 years previous) because it's slightly easier to understand this way IMO.
If you have no missing values you can remove the nyears step, but not a bad thing to include anyways.
NOTE: My first answer did not address the OP's question, so this a redux.
For this solution, I used Richard's code for generating test data. However, I added a line to randomly add missing values.
x = _n_;
if ranuni(1) < .1 then x = .;
_n_+1;
This alternative does not perform any checks for missing values. The sum() and n() functions inherently handle missing values appropriately. The loop over the dynamic slice of the data array only transfers the value to a temporary array. The final sum and count is performed on the temp array outside of the loop.
data want;
set have;
array x(2000:2018) x:;
array t(10) _temporary_;
j = 1;
do i = start-9 to start;
t(j) = x(i);
j + 1;
end;
sum = sum(of t(*));
cnt = n(of t(*));
mean = sum / cnt;
drop x: i j;
run;
Result:
id start sum cnt mean
1 2014 72 7 10.285714286
2 2015 305 10 30.5
3 2016 458 9 50.888888889
4 2017 631 9 70.111111111

Calculate the top 5 and summarize them by store

Let's say I have stores all around the world and I want to know what was my top losses sales across the world per store. What is the code for that?!
here is my try:
proc sort data= store out=sorted_store;
by store descending amount;
run;
and
data calc1;
do _n_=1 by 1 until(last.store);
set sorted_store;
by store;
if _n_ <= 5 then "Sum_5Largest_Losses"n=sum(amount);
end;
run;
but this just prints out the 5:th amount and not 1.. TO .. 5! and I really don't know how to select the top 5 of EACH store . I think a kind of group by would be a perfect fit. But first things, first. How do I selct i= 1...5 ? And not just = 5?
There is also way of doing it with proc sql:
data have;
input store$ amount;
datalines;
A 100
A 200
A 300
A 400
A 500
A 600
A 700
B 1000
B 1100
C 1200
C 1300
C 1400
D 600
D 700
E 1000
E 1100
F 1200
;
run;
proc sql outobs=4; /* limit to first 10 results */
select store, sum(amount) as TOTAL_AMT
from have
group by 1
order by 2 desc; /* order them to the TOP selection*/
quit;
The data step sum(,) function adds up its arguments. If you only give it one argument then there is nothing to actually sum so it just returns the input value.
data calc1;
do _n_=1 by 1 until(last.store);
set sorted_store;
by store;
if _n_ <= 5 then Sum_5Largest_Losses=sum(Sum_5Largest_Losses,amount);
end;
run;
I would highly recommend learning the basic methods before getting into DOW loops.
Add a counter so you can find the first 5 of each store
As the data step loops the sum accumulates
Output sum for counter=5
proc sort data= store out=sorted_store;
by store descending amount;
run;
data calc1;
set sorted_store;
by store;
*if first store then set counter to 1 and total sum to 0;
if first.store then do ;
counter=1;
total_sum=0;
end;
*otherwise increment the counter;
else counter+1;
*accumulate the sum if counter <= 5;
if counter <=5 then total_sum = sum(total_sum, amount);
*output only when on last/5th record for each store;
if counter=5 then output;
run;

SAS When the code below is executed, how many columns will be in the Willis dataset?

When the code below is executed, how many columns will be in the Willis dataset?
data Willis;
put "Willis"; /* Line 32 */
do b = 1 to 12;
A = rand("normal", 12.5, 1.57); /* Line 34 */
do j = 1 to 5;
lev = rand("normal", 4, 2.155) + A; /* Line 36 */
output;
end;
end;
put "Willis" b=; /* Line 40 */
run;
A data step that does not use a statement keep or drop or data set option keep= or drop= will output every non-automatic variable in the program data vector (pdv). When looking at the code observe statements that involve a variable, those variables will be part of the pdv.
The four non-automatic variables are:
b - first used in do loop statement
A - first used to receive a random value
j - first used in do loop statement
lev - first used to receive a random value

Assign missing variables values based on distribution SAS

I would like to assign IDs with blank Sizes a size based on the frequency distribution of their Group.
Dataset A contains a snapshot of my data:
ID Group Size
1 A Large
2 B Small
3 C Small
5 D Medium
6 C Large
7 B Medium
8 B -
Dataset B shows the frequency distribution of the Sizes among the Groups:
Group Small Medium Large
A 0.31 0.25 0.44
B 0.43 0.22 0.35
C 0.10 0.13 0.78
D 0.29 0.27 0.44
For ID 8, we know that it has a 43% probability of being "small", a 22% probability of being "medium" and a 35% probability of being "large". That's because these are the Size distributions for Group B.
How do I assign ID 8 (and other blank IDs) a Size based on the Group distributions in Dataset B? I'm using SAS 9.4. Macros, SQL, anything is welcome!
The table distribution is ideal for this. The last datastep here shows that; before that I set things up to create the data at random and determine the frequency table, so you can skip that if you already do that.
See Rick Wicklin's blog about simulating multinomial data for an example of this in other use cases (and more information about the function).
*Setting this up to help generate random data;
proc format;
value sizef
low - 1.3 = 'Small'
1.3 <-<2.3 = 'Medium'
2.3 - high = 'Large'
;
quit;
*Generating random data;
data have;
call streaminit(7);
do id = 1 to 1e5;
group = byte(65+rand('Uniform')*4); *A = 65, B = 66, etc.;
size = put((rank(group)-66)*0.5 + rand('Uniform')*3,sizef.); *Intentionally making size somewhat linked to group to allow for differences in the frequency;
if rand('Uniform') < 0.05 then call missing(size); *A separate call to set missingness;
output;
end;
run;
proc sort data=have;
by group;
run;
title "Initial frequency of size by group";
proc freq data=have;
by group;
tables size/list out=freq_size;
run;
title;
*Transpose to one row per group, needed for table distribution;
proc transpose data=freq_size out=table_size prefix=pct_;
var percent;
id size;
by group;
run;
data want;
merge have table_size;
by group;
array pcts pct_:; *convenience array;
if first.group then do _i = 1 to dim(pcts); *must divide by 100 but only once!;
pcts[_i] = pcts[_i]/100;
end;
if missing(size) then do;
size_new = rand('table',of pcts[*]); *table uses the pcts[] array to tell SAS the table of probabilities;
size = scan(vname(pcts[size_new]),2,'_');
end;
run;
title "Final frequency of size by group";
proc freq data=want;
by group;
tables size/list;
run;
title;
You can also do this with a random value and some if-else logic:
proc sql;
create table temp_assigned as select
a.*, rand("Uniform") as random_roll, /*generate a random number from 0 to 1*/
case when missing(size) then
case when calculated random_roll < small then small
when calculated random_roll < sum(small, medium) then medium
when calculated random_roll < sum(small, medium, large) then large
end end as value_selected, /*pick the value of the size associated with that value in each group*/
coalesce(case when calculated value_selected = small then "Small"
when calculated value_selected = medium then "Medium"
when calculated value_selected = large then "Large" end, size) as group_assigned /*pick the value associated with that size*/
from temp as a
left join freqs as b
on a.group = b.group;
quit;
Obviously you can do this without creating the value_selected variable, but I thought showing it for demonstrative purposes would be helpful.

Determine rates of change for different groups

I have a SAS issue that I know is probably fairly straightforward for SAS users who are familiar with array programming, but I am new to this aspect.
My dataset looks like this:
Data have;
Input group $ size price;
Datalines;
A 24 5
A 28 10
A 30 14
A 32 16
B 26 10
B 28 12
B 32 13
C 10 100
C 11 130
C 12 140
;
Run;
What I want to do is determine the rate at which price changes for the first two items in the family and apply that rate to every other member in the family.
So, I’ll end up with something that looks like this (for A only…):
Data want;
Input group $ size price newprice;
Datalines;
A 24 5 5
A 28 10 10
A 30 14 12.5
A 32 16 15
;
Run;
The technique you'll need to learn is either retain or diff/lag. Both methods would work here.
The following illustrates one way to solve this, but would need additional work by you to deal with things like size not changing (meaning a 0 denominator) and other potential exceptions.
Basically, we use retain to cause a value to persist across records, and use that in the calculations.
data want;
set have;
by group;
retain lastprice rateprice lastsize;
if first.group then do;
counter=0;
call missing(of lastprice rateprice lastsize); *clear these out;
end;
counter+1; *Increment the counter;
if counter=2 then do;
rateprice=(price-lastprice)/(size-lastsize); *Calculate the rate over 2;
end;
if counter le 2 then newprice=price; *For the first two just move price into newprice;
else if counter>2 then newprice=lastprice+(size-lastsize)*rateprice; *Else set it to the change;
output;
lastprice=newprice; *save the price and size in the retained vars;
lastsize=size;
run;
Here a different approach that is obviously longer than Joe's, but could be generalized to other similar situations where the calculation is different or depends on more values.
Add a sequence number to your data set:
data have2;
set have;
by group;
if first.group the seq = 0;
seq + 1;
run;
Use proc reg to calculate the intercept and slope for the first two rows of each group, outputting the estimates with outest:
proc reg data=have2 outest=est;
by group;
model price = size;
where seq le 2;
run;
Join the original table to the parameter estimates and calculate the predicted values:
proc sql;
create table want as
select
h.*,
e.intercept + h.size * e.size as newprice
from
have h
left join est e
on h.group = e.group
order by
group,
size
;
quit;