Is there a way to use a DATA step to create a subset of only the numeric, or character, variables in a dataset?
Thanks.
What do you mean?
You can use _numeric_ or _character_ to reference all numeric or character variables.
Data num_vars;
Set have;
Keep _numeric_;
Run;
What do you mean?
You can use _numeric_ or _character_ to reference all numeric or character variables.
Data num_vars;
Set have;
Keep _numeric_;
Run;
Data num_vars;
Set sashelp.class(keep=_numeric_);
Run;
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