Hello!
I need to create a dataset containing a single observation from a large dataset and create a macro-variable. Is the point option the quickest way to do this?
Options Fullstimer;
%Let Pos=1000;
Data A (Drop=i);
Do i=1 To 1000000;
X=Ranuni(1); Output;
End;
Run;
Data B;
Obs=&Pos.;
Set A Point=Obs;
Call SymputX('MVB',X);
Output;
Stop;
Run;
%Put **&MVB.**;
Data D;
Set A (FirstObs=&Pos. Obs=&Pos.);
Call SymputX('MVD',X);
Run;
%Put **&MVD.**;
Thanks&kind regards
Yeah. Maybe, it is random access method. And you can also try this way, compare them who is faster .
%let dsid=%sysfunc(open(sashelp.class,i)); %global name; %syscall set(dsid); %let rc=%sysfunc(fetchobs(&dsid,10)); %let rc=%sysfunc(close(&dsid)); %put &name;
Xia Keshan
Yeah. Maybe, it is random access method. And you can also try this way, compare them who is faster .
%let dsid=%sysfunc(open(sashelp.class,i)); %global name; %syscall set(dsid); %let rc=%sysfunc(fetchobs(&dsid,10)); %let rc=%sysfunc(close(&dsid)); %put &name;
Xia Keshan
Looks like you've answered your own question. What did the FULLSTIMER stats show in your log.
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