topic Re: DATA Step in SAS Programming

DATA Step

Prabu — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:09:26 GMT

hi all,

i have 10 observations in dataset A, now i want like 2,4,6,8 and 10th observations to be pushed to dataset B.

any help would be appreciated.

Re: DATA Step

Haikuo — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:02:00 GMT

if mod(_n_,2)=0;

Re: DATA Step

RW9 — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:16:23 GMT

Why, what logical reason is there to take every other observation, I mean if new data comes in they might not be the same observations. Work out a logical approach to idnetify consistently the data items you need, by using data identifiers, not some random position in a dataset.

Re: DATA Step

Reeza — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:51:05 GMT

@RW9 wrote:

Why, what logical reason is there to take every other observation, I mean if new data comes in they might not be the same observations. Work out a logical approach to idnetify consistently the data items you need, by using data identifiers, not some random position in a dataset.

It's a common intro interview question.

Re: DATA Step

Prabu — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:06:29 GMT

i jus wanna try crazy stuffs in sas and no such logics behind it.!!