Find 3RD highest salary for the below scnario
ID name Salary
1 AM 1000
2 AD 40000
3 AE 50000
5 AF 50000
6 AK 15000
7 AS 2500
data have;
input ID name $ Salary;
datalines;
1 AM 1000
2 AD 40000
3 AE 50000
5 AF 50000
6 AK 15000
7 AZ 15000
8 AS 2500
;
proc sql;
select a.id,a.name,a.Salary,count(distinct b.salary) as n
from have as a,have as b
where a.salary<b.salary
group by a.id,a.name,a.Salary
having calculated n=2
order by 1
;
quit;
What if 2 obs have the third highest salary? Do you want both obs?
Please post your desired result given this input data.
data have;
input ID name $ Salary;
datalines;
1 AM 1000
2 AD 40000
3 AE 50000
5 AF 50000
6 AK 15000
7 AZ 15000
8 AS 2500
;
50000 is not the third highest salary?
Anyways, use Proc Rank and apply the ties option to your liking.
data have;
input ID name $ Salary;
datalines;
1 AM 1000
2 AD 40000
3 AE 50000
5 AF 50000
6 AK 15000
7 AZ 15000
8 AS 2500
;
proc rank data = have out = rank descending ties = dense;
var Salary;
ranks r;
run;
Why does it have to be SQL?
data have;
input ID name $ Salary;
datalines;
1 AM 1000
2 AD 40000
3 AE 50000
5 AF 50000
6 AK 15000
7 AZ 15000
8 AS 2500
;
proc sql;
select a.id,a.name,a.Salary,count(distinct b.salary) as n
from have as a,have as b
where a.salary<b.salary
group by a.id,a.name,a.Salary
having calculated n=2
order by 1
;
quit;
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