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Fluorite | Level 6

Hi All,

 

I have small query, I want to generate unique records from temp dataset on variable var, but the out dataset should have values in same order a c d b e.

 

Output:

----------
a
c
d
b
e

 

data temp;
input var$;
datalines;
a
a
a
c
c
c
d
b
b
b
e
e
;
run;

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Use by var notsorted :

 


data tempNoDup;
set temp; by var notsorted;
if first.var then output;
run;

proc print; run;
PG

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Use by var notsorted :

 


data tempNoDup;
set temp; by var notsorted;
if first.var then output;
run;

proc print; run;
PG

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