Multi Dimension Arrays

pritish069 — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:56:43 GMT

data a;

array b [1:2,2] (1,2);

do i = 1 to 2;

do j = 1 to 2;

val = b[i,j];

output a;

end;

run;

proc print data=a noobs;

var i j val;

run;

I am getting this WARNING: Partial value initialization of the array b.

Output:

i j val

1 1 1

1 2 2

2 1 .

2 2 .

Could some please explain what is the process behind this and why am i getting missing in last 2 obs

Re: Multi Dimension Arrays

Astounding — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:00:34 GMT

The array B contains four elements. Perhaps you could look at this as two rows and two columns.

You specified only two initial values: (1,2)

So those populate the first row. The second row contains missing values.