Can someone please explain how the variable a1 is created with the highlighted values?
data l l1; set sashelp.class; proc sort data=l;by age; proc sort data=l1;by age; run; data a1; set l(in=a obs=5) l1(in=b obs=5); by age; a1+b; run;
variable a1 is involved in a sum statement which implies that it has initial value zero and is retained over the datastep iterations.
Each age is read in turn from (identical) datasets l and l1.
variable b is equal to 1 when reading from l1.
the sum statement a1+b; thus increments variable a1 by one each time an observation is read from dataset l1.
variable a1 is involved in a sum statement which implies that it has initial value zero and is retained over the datastep iterations.
Each age is read in turn from (identical) datasets l and l1.
variable b is equal to 1 when reading from l1.
the sum statement a1+b; thus increments variable a1 by one each time an observation is read from dataset l1.
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