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deleted_user
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how create a new variable in existing datastep
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sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Look at the LENGTH, FORMAT, INFORMAT and/or the ATTRIB statement for declaring a SAS variable in a DATA step.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
deleted_user
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thanks a lot.

I want to create a variable existing data set with out any value.
BW
Calcite | Level 5 BW
Calcite | Level 5
default is missing and that should imply as `without any value'
sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
As suggested, try declaring a LENGTH or ATTRIB statement for your variable - the initial value will be the SAS "missing value", essentially null (numeric type) or blank (character type).

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

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