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mlogan
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi All,

Can someone tell me what would be the code for removing completely identical/duplicate observations from the database?

 

Thanks.

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Astounding
PROC Star

Untested but it should work:

 

proc sort data=have nodupkey;

by _all_;

run;

Reeza
Super User

NODUPRECS via proc sort, no longer in SAS 9.4 I believe

 

or 

 

DISTINCT via Proc SQL

 

proc sort data=have nodupkey out=unique1;
by _all_;
run;


proc sql;
create table unique2 as
select distinct *
from have;
quit;

 

 

 

 

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