topic Re: proc sort question in SAS Programming

proc sort question

knveraraju91 — Mon, 14 May 2018 15:53:46 GMT

Dear,

This is a simple question I just want to know if i can do this way.

I know how to get the output I need, but below code is not working when I try. Can't i output two data sets from proc sort procedure. Thank you

proc sort data=one out=two three;
by id seq;
run;

Re: proc sort question

Reeza — Mon, 14 May 2018 15:55:51 GMT

@knveraraju91 wrote:

Can't i output two data sets from proc sort procedure. Thank you

It depends. There are multiple output options but it's not clear what you're trying to do here, sort multiple data sets at once or duplicate the same data set or identify duplicates/unique records.

Re: proc sort question

knveraraju91 — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:02:23 GMT

Ok. Thank you. Here, I am trying for same data sets. I used dupout option for duplicates.

Both two and three are same datasets.

Re: proc sort question

Reeza — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:08:00 GMT

Ok, then that's not possible within PROC SORT.

@knveraraju91 wrote:

Ok. Thank you. Here, I am trying for same data sets. I used dupout option for duplicates.

Both two and three are same datasets.

Re: proc sort question

LinusH — Tue, 15 May 2018 15:53:03 GMT

What is the use case for this requirement?