I have character variable with numerical values...While sorting I am getting the following way.....is there way that i can get as 1,2,3,4,5,6,,7,8 instead of 1,1,10,10,11,11
100010002 1
100010002 1
100010002 10
100010002 10
100010002 11
100010002 11
100010002 11
100010002 12
100010002 12
100010002 13
100010002 13
100010002 2
100010002 2
100010002 3
100010002 4
100010002 5
100010002 6
100010002 7
100010002 8
100010002 8
proc sort data=have SORTSEQ=LINGUISTIC;
by x; run;
Do you need numeric_collation sub-option?
I have charceter variable but it has only numeric values........so i would like do sorting the way we do it for numeric but for character variable......
Yes, DN, you are right, so for Proc Sort:
proc sort data=have SORTSEQ=LINGUISTIC (numeric_collation=on)
by x; run;
Or if using Proc SQL:
proc sql;
create table want (drop=skey) as
select *, sortkey(x,'','','','NUMERIC','') as skey
from have
order by skey;
quit;
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