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Obsidian | Level 7

why output of this program contains no observation ? can anyone explain it to me...thanks 

 

Given data : 

money dataset has 5 observations.

people dataset has observations

 

My program is : 

 

data empsal;

     set money (in=money) people(in=people);

     if money and people;

run;

empsal contains 0 observations...why so ? 😞

 

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Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

You are "setting" the second dataset After the first, there is no merge, hence:

     if money and people;

Is never true, the records all come from money in the first instance, and then from people in the second, never both.  Perhaps you mean to merge the data?

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

You are "setting" the second dataset After the first, there is no merge, hence:

     if money and people;

Is never true, the records all come from money in the first instance, and then from people in the second, never both.  Perhaps you mean to merge the data?

Attyslogin
Obsidian | Level 7
no with respect to merge i know how this program gonna behave....thanks for your valuable response.

Understood the concept !

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