Hi there,I would like to generate a random output from a set of list in an array.For example, let x be an array in the data step.
x = {apple, orange, pear}.I would like to create a new variable to generate a random output from the list above.How do I do that?
Thanks,
Tan
Welcome to the SAS Community 🙂
You can do something like this
data test; array MyArray{3} $ _temporary_ ("Apple", "Orange", "Pear"); RandomFruit=MyArray[rand('integer', 1, dim(MyArray))]; run;
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