topic Re: Sum the values of a variable to get the result like a new variable in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11812#M1181 PROC MEANS or PROC SUMMARY or PROC UNIVARIATE will provide you with the sum of a variable. The OUTPUT statement will provide the result in a SAS data set for you to use. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:45:11 GMT Paige 2010-10-05T15:45:11Z Sum the values of a variable to get the result like a new variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11811#M1180 Hi all,<BR /> <BR /> I'm quite new of Sas (I've finished my first traingin two weeks ago)....so I'm sorry if I write in the wrong section.<BR /> I have an issue with the sum of the observations of a variable: I would like to sum all the observations of a variable in order to get a final result to save in a new variable.<BR /> This is what I want but I don't know how....<BR /> May someone help me?<BR /> Thanks in advance Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:23:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11811#M1180 deleted_user 2010-10-05T15:23:38Z Re: Sum the values of a variable to get the result like a new variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11812#M1181 PROC MEANS or PROC SUMMARY or PROC UNIVARIATE will provide you with the sum of a variable. The OUTPUT statement will provide the result in a SAS data set for you to use. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:45:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11812#M1181 Paige 2010-10-05T15:45:11Z Re: Sum the values of a variable to get the result like a new variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11813#M1182 share an example of what you are looking for. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:19:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11813#M1182 SASPhile 2010-10-05T18:19:39Z Re: Sum the values of a variable to get the result like a new variable https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11814#M1183 Thank yoy very much! I used the proc univariate and now it works--&gt;<BR /> <BR /> proc univariate data=sasuser.PBZ_BCSI_Q2_2;<BR /> var New_weight;<BR /> output out=weight<BR /> sum=tot_weight;<BR /> run;<BR /> <BR /> Now I'm gonna using "merge" to use the proc univariate result (sum) in some other operation inside my data set "sasuser.PBZ_BCSI_Q2_2. Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:09:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Sum-the-values-of-a-variable-to-get-the-result-like-a-new/m-p/11814#M1183 deleted_user 2010-10-06T07:09:36Z