topic Re: Regarding to OUTPUT statement and SET statement in SAS Programming

Regarding to OUTPUT statement and SET statement

Malk020 — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:38:03 GMT

Hey everyone,

I am thankful for your help and kind cooperation.I really appreciate it. I have some questions, I just wanna make sure if I understand some point in SAS correctly !

First question is The OUTPUT statement is allowed in the DO block?

for Example,
IF Type = 'D' THEN DO;
OUTPUT;
OUTPUT;
END;
ELSE OUTPUT;
RUN;

The Second question is regarding to the SET statement is specifies an input data set in the data step or

in Proc Sort step ?

I think it specifies an input data set in the DATA step

Thank you on advance for your time,

Re: Regarding to OUTPUT statement and SET statement

PaigeMiller — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:22:20 GMT

First question is The OUTPUT statement is allowed in the DO block?

The easiest way to find out is to try it.

The Second question is regarding to the SET statement is specifies an input data set in the data step or

in Proc Sort step ?

Again, trying it would be faster than posting a question in this community and then waiting for an answer. And probably you'd have the satisfaction of learning the answer rather than being told the answer.

Re: Regarding to OUTPUT statement and SET statement

japelin — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 23:37:02 GMT

The OUTPUT statement is allowed in the DO block.

SET statement is specifies an input data set in the data step.
Not in proc step.

Re: Regarding to OUTPUT statement and SET statement

Tom — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 02:34:44 GMT

Are these questions some exam that someone has given you?

Are they YES/NO, Multiple Choice or open response questions?

The OUTPUT statement is allowed:

Anywhere in a DATA step.

The SET statement is:

one of the ways to read in data in a data step.

The SORT procedure :

Does not support either the SET or OUTPUT statements. To specify the input dataset use the DATA= option on the PROC SORT statement. To specify the output dataset use the OUT= option on the PROC SORT statement.

Re: Regarding to OUTPUT statement and SET statement

Malk020 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:43:51 GMT

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.