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Ammonite | Level 13 VDD
Ammonite | Level 13

I have a deck of cards using the following data step.

How can I mix-up the cards in the dataset so that I can play 21?

data cards(keep=card suit c2);
do c1= 1 to 4;
	if c1=1 then suit='C';
	else if c1=2 then suit='D';
	else if c1=3 then suit='H';
	else if c1=4 then suit='S';
	do c2= 1 to 13;
		card=c2||suit;
		output;
	end;
end;
run;
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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Keep it simple:

 

data cards;
length card $3;
do suit = "C", "D", "H", "S";
	do c2= 1 to 13;
		card=cats(c2,suit);
		output;
		end;
	end;
run;

proc sql;
create table shuffled as select * from cards order by rand("uniform");
quit;
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VDD
Ammonite | Level 13 VDD
Ammonite | Level 13

thank you @Reeza 

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Keep it simple:

 

data cards;
length card $3;
do suit = "C", "D", "H", "S";
	do c2= 1 to 13;
		card=cats(c2,suit);
		output;
		end;
	end;
run;

proc sql;
create table shuffled as select * from cards order by rand("uniform");
quit;
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