Top 10 list

[don21]

Dear all,

My data set has 1 char and 1 Num var, the char var has duplicates but the numeriv value for the particular char value will be unque as in given example, I am currently struggling to get the Top 10 count in  num(sorted order ) as shown below pls help!!

Have dataset

name      score          

-------      --------

John       2500

john        2000

mell         5000

shawm    4850

Mell         9000

Mike        2500

Mike        1650

Mike        6570

ness        2330 

Want data set - Top 3 names

Name

Mell	14000
Mike	10720
Shawn	4850

Please help!!

[BenbowL]

Hi,

Something like the following will get you the score totals for each name:

proc sql;
create table want as 
select distinct name, sum(score) as total 
from have
group by name
order by total desc ;
quit;

You should then be able to write a step to keep only the top 3.

Good luck,

Lee

[ChrisBrooks]

Proc Rank could do it in one step e.g.

proc rank data=sashelp.class out=want(where=(rank<=3)) descending;
var weight;
ranks rank;
run;

[ShiroAmada · Accepted solution]

Try this....

proc sql;
  create table WANT as
select
upcase(name) as name,
sum(score) as total_score
from HAVE
group by calculated name
 order by calculated SCORE desc;
quit;

data WANT;
  set WANT(obs=10);
run;

Hope this helps...