topic Re: Why I cannot merge these two files? in SAS Programming

Why I cannot merge these two files?

Mirisage — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:01:31 GMT

Hi SAS Forum,

I have been trying to merge the attahced two files (simplified ver) for hours using the below code but could not.

Specific question:

File_A has a single record whic is not taken into the merged file called "COMBINED_file". There is no any errors in the log too.

Could anyone please help me.

proc sort data=A.BOOK1 out=file_A;

by bank_number Account_number ;

run;

proc sort data=A.BOOK2 Out=file_B;

by bank_number account_number ;

run;

data COMBINED_file;

merge file_A (IN=a)

file_B (IN=b)

;

by bank_number account_number ;

if a and b;

run;

Thanks

Mirisage

Re: Why I cannot merge these two files?

Doc_Duke — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:14:26 GMT

Worked fine for me. I got 5 records in the result file. I am using SAS 9.3 TS0M1 and did the merge with your code and with SQL.

Maybe you need to reframe your question and show us what you want the results to look like.

Doc Muhlbaier

Duke

Re: Why I cannot merge these two files?

Doc_Duke — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:17:16 GMT

I just saw your postings in the SAS Procedures forum. For the sake of your fellow community members, please post your questions to just one forum.

Thanks,

Doc

Re: Why I cannot merge these two files?

Mirisage — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:27:45 GMT

Hi Doc,

Thank you.

I am sorry I wanted to post this in SAS procedures forum only. I posted it. Then it did not appear in SAS procedures forum. Then I again posted. Then appeared.

I can now understand what has happened. I have first posted in this forum inadvertently.

I apologize.

Best regards

Mirisage

Re: Why I cannot merge these two files?

sachinselva — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:13:45 GMT

hi can u please tel me how to merge two files without any common variables.

ex:

first table.

itemcode item name stock

111 colgate toothpaste 10

222 pepsodent 20

second table.

customer id name product count

501 selva vatika 3

502 kumar meera 5

Re: Why I cannot merge these two files?

PGStats — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:20:47 GMT

Next time, you should post your new question as a new discussion...

If you want to merge two datasets on the order of observations (first obs from first dataset with first obs from second dataset, etc.) then do :

data third;

set first;

set second;

run;

dataset third will have as many observations as the shortest of first and second datasets.

Re: Why I cannot merge these two files?

TomKari — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:01:38 GMT

You could check out the following link, which references a section in the SAS documentation that covers combining SAS datasets. It's powerful, but not like any other language out there (quite different from SQL).

Tom

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/65287/HTML/default/viewer.htm#p15jvywi5avt3cn1bee8r6c33ux1.htm