https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344376#M273026 <P>minValue = min(of var1-var16);</P> <P>drop var1-var16;</P> Sun, 26 Mar 2017 04:11:13 GMT PGStats 2017-03-26T04:11:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344374#M273025 <P>Hi everyone!</P><P>Please help me!</P><P>For each observation I have 16 numerical variables (all positive numbers, for some observations not all of them have values) and I would like to pick out the smallest out of the 16 and just keep that (smallest) variable and drop the others. Do I need a do loop for this to compare 2 values at a time or is there a way to pick the smallest out of the 16 variables at once?</P><P>Thanks!!</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 26 Mar 2017 03:44:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344374#M273025 michan22 2017-03-26T03:44:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344376#M273026 <P>minValue = min(of var1-var16);</P> <P>drop var1-var16;</P> Sun, 26 Mar 2017 04:11:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344376#M273026 PGStats 2017-03-26T04:11:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344389#M273027 <P>Thank you!</P> Sun, 26 Mar 2017 07:02:06 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Pick-out-the-smallest-variable-numerical-out-of-a-set-of/m-p/344389#M273027 michan22 2017-03-26T07:02:06Z