Merging and creating variables

[brophymj]

IS it possible to merge and then do other procedures like creating variables etc.

data help;

merge data1(in=a) data 2;

by key;

if a;

newfield=field1+field2;

run;

not working for me

[gergely_batho]

data 2

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data data1(keep=key field1) data2(keep=key field2);

  input key field1 field2;

datalines;

1 1 0

2 2 0

3 3 1

4 4 0

5 5 0

;

run;

data help;

merge data1(in=a) data2;

by key;

if a;

newfield=field1+field2;

run;