topic Use sum of column in calucation for new variable in SAS Programming

Use sum of column in calucation for new variable

CharlesFowler72 — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:51:56 GMT

Hi guys,

struggling with a formula for a new variable. Essentially I want a new variable to be Variable C =Variable A/((Variable B/sum(Variable B))*sum(Variable A).

Seems simple but cant get it to work. If I can get a simple element which gives the column total to use in the formula that would be great.

Sector	Variable A	Variable B	Variable C
1	3	600
2	200	3,000
3	7	200
4	50	800
5	70	1,000

Re: Use sum of column in calucation for new variable

Jagadishkatam — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:02:41 GMT

Hope this what you are expecting

data have;
input Sector VariableA VariableB;
cards;
1 3 600	 
2 200 3000	 
3 7 200	 
4 50 800	 
5 70 1000
;

proc sql;
create table want as select sector, VariableA, VariableB, (select sum(variableB) from have ) as sumB, (select sum(variableA) from have ) as sumA, 
VariableA/((VariableB/(select sum(variableB) from have ))*(select sum(variableA) from have)) as variableC
 from have;
quit;