Need help with SAS proc Mode

[vanaml]

BenefUserID	BenefPriID	BenefRelToPriID
702	PID-176	Brother
2301	PID-1070	Husband
1398	PID-1089	Others
2143	PID-1341	Wife
2484	PID-1441	Daughter
2663	PID-1474	Child
976	PID-1115	Sister
1942	PID-791	Mother-in-law
300	PID-302	Sister
2795	PID-872	First Child
2532	PID-914	Sister
374	PID-1418	Self
918	PID-1043	Wife
1096	PID-878	Sister
2672	PID-865	Wife
1263	PID-125	Husband
1965	PID-1399	Second Child
2849	PID-184	Others

The above is my sample dataset and I would like to find out the most common BenefRelToPriID. I believe I need to use Mode option. I am new to SAS programming and I am lost in the syntax. Can someone please help me with the syntax?

Thank you.

[PeterClemmensen]

PROC FREQ will give you the answer

data have;
input BenefUserID$ BenefPriID$ BenefRelToPriID$;
datalines; 
702 PID-176 Brother 
2301 PID-1070 Husband 
1398 PID-1089 Others 
2143 PID-1341 Wife 
2484 PID-1441 Daughter 
2663 PID-1474 Child 
976 PID-1115 Sister 
1942 PID-791 Mother-in-law 
300 PID-302 Sister 
2795 PID-872 First Child 
2532 PID-914 Sister 
374 PID-1418 Self 
918 PID-1043 Wife 
1096 PID-878 Sister 
2672 PID-865 Wife 
1263 PID-125 Husband 
1965 PID-1399 Second Child 
2849 PID-184 Others 
;

proc freq data = have order = freq;
	tables BenefRelToPriID / nocum;
run;

[vanaml]

Thank you very much. I am now starting to learn SAS and have been exploring multiple options. Can this be done using Mode too? Or in what kind of cases Mode is used? Can you please clarify?

Thank you

[PeterClemmensen]

Not sure what you mean, The mode is the value that appears most often in a set of data, so the mode of the variabel of interest will be the first in the output from PROC FREQ since we order the output

[vanaml]

Thank you. That helps. My other question is, in what kind of cases we use "proc means mode" ?

[PeterClemmensen]

When the variable of interest is numeric like in this small example

data testdata;
input ID$ value;
datalines;
1 20
2 30
3 20
4 50
;

proc means data = testdata mode;
	var value;
run;

[vanaml]

Thank you so much. Appreciate your help.

[PeterClemmensen · Accepted solution]

Anytime, glad to help 🙂

Best, Peter.