topic Re: proc freq how to change the order of yes no in SAS Programming

proc freq how to change the order of yes no

Bal23 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:35:03 GMT

As we know, If you specify ORDER=DATA, the data are displayed in the same order as they occur in the input data set. Other options for controlling order include ORDER=FORMATTED, which orders according to the formatted values, and ORDER=FREQUENCY, which orders by descending frequency count.

for me, my data is not what i expect, so the tables generate has "No" comes first beore "yes"

when i do copy and paste to the report, it is more time consuming

any advice how to change the order, so the "yes" always comes first before no, for each row, and column for each table?

Thanks.

Re: proc freq how to change the order of yes no

sh0e — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:42:28 GMT

Consider this code snippet

data report;
  set raw;
  if raw_value = 'Y' then display_value = 0;
  else display_value = 1;
  run;

proc format;
  value display
    0 = 'YES' 
   1 = 'NO';
    run;

proc report data = report missing;
  column <your-columns>;
  ...
  define display_value / order = internal format = display.;
 ...
  run;

Re: proc freq how to change the order of yes no

Doc_Duke — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:42:45 GMT

One trick is to re-format the data. You can put a space before the yes, so it is " yes" and leave the no as "no". If th alignment causes you issues, you can use a non-printable character (you'll need to look at your collating sequence for that).

Re: proc freq how to change the order of yes no

Bal23 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:16:28 GMT

thank you, but i am using proc freq, and with sas macro

i do not now how to change your code to proc freq, since i have so many tables to generate

Re: proc freq how to change the order of yes no

sh0e — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:21:23 GMT

Sorry about that. I'm a PROC REPORT guy.

Here is a snippet using PROC FREQ instead.

proc freq data = report;
  format display_value display.;
  table display_value /
     missing list order=internal;
run;

Re: proc freq how to change the order of yes no

Bal23 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:23:24 GMT

thanks