topic Re: Understanding how to use index in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108374#M258705 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a lot Bhpinder for the great input. </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:20:24 GMT AliMN 2012-12-26T19:20:24Z Understanding how to use index https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108372#M258703 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>(index=(Memserv=(mbr_name serv_dt)));</P><P></P><P>Can someone please explain to me what the above code is doing?</P><P></P><P>AM</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:35:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108372#M258703 AliMN 2012-12-26T18:35:28Z Re: Understanding how to use index https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108373#M258704 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Basically, it creates a composite index used in datastep.</P><P>For the literature,, You can refer to this document</P><P><A href="http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/123-29.pdf" title="http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/123-29.pdf">http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/123-29.pdf</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:47:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108373#M258704 bnarang 2012-12-26T18:47:54Z Re: Understanding how to use index https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108374#M258705 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a lot Bhpinder for the great input. </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:20:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Understanding-how-to-use-index/m-p/108374#M258705 AliMN 2012-12-26T19:20:24Z