how to get unique columns in sas dataset

[DPraba79]

Hi,

I have a sas date set with 20 colums, say COL A,B,C... . i want to know the unive value of COL A and unique values of COL B and so on. I have a idea to read the same dataset 20 times and get rid of duplicates, but i think this is not an efficeint way of coding.

Could you please help me out of this problem

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
I always find it useful to look at a concrete example of data when talking about duplicates. Consider this data:
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Obs a b c d e

1 A AA 1 4 3
2 A AA 1 4 3
3 A AA 2 8 3
4 A BB 4 5 6
5 A CC 7 8 3
6 B AA 1 8 3
7 B AA 1 8 3
8 B BB 1 4 3
9 B BB 4 5 6
10 B CC 5 6 7

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Would you want to get RID of Observations 2 and 7 which are complete duplicates on EVERY column?

Or do you just want to find out what the unique values are? Something like this (produced by PROC FREQ):
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Number of Variable Levels

Variable Levels
--------------------
a 2
b 3
c 5
d 4
e 4


a Frequency
--------------
A 5
B 5


b Frequency
---------------
AA 5
BB 3
CC 2


c Frequency
--------------
1 5
2 1
4 2
5 1
7 1


d Frequency
--------------
4 3
5 2
6 1
8 4


e Frequency
--------------
3 6
6 2
7 1
9 1

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It is also hard to make a recommendation without knowing what the outcome is supposed to be -- a report -- another data set???

Your best bet for help might be to contact Tech Support, because they can look at your data and figure out the best method in EG to accomplish your goal.

cynthia

[DPraba79]

Hi, I need the PROC FREQ , Could you please send me the code

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi,
Here's the code I used.
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proc freq data=testfile nlevels;
table a b c d e / nocum nopercent;
run;

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cynthia