topic Re: Proc means output n=nx in SAS Programming

Proc means output n=xn

DmytroYermak — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:15:57 GMT

Hi all,

Can you please say what does option value 'xn' mean?

Here it is the proc means:

PROC MEANS DATA  = F1 NOPRINT;
	CLASS COL0 COL1 COL2; 
	VAR D ;
	OUTPUT OUT = F_MEANS N=XN;
RUN;

novinosrin — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:15:49 GMT

N= is the option meaning the count or frequency. XN is the name of the variable you are storing the value of N=.

PaigeMiller — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:16:04 GMT

XN is the name of the variable created by PROC MEANS that contains the count (because it is create by N=) of non-missing values of variable D

DmytroYermak — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:26:22 GMT

Thank you!