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axeloop
Calcite | Level 5

Hi all, 

 

I'm a SAS newbie! I have a very large dataset and it looks similar to this:

 

var1       var2         var3          var4        var5  

10384     35            1                5            1

10383     56            2                3            2

10567     76            1                4            5

 

Var5 indicates the number of rows with the same information so it really is this:

var1       var2         var3          var4               

10384     35            1                5            

10383     56            2                3           

10383     56            2                3            

10567     76            1                4            

10567     76            1                4            

10567     76            1                4            

10567     76            1                4            

10567     76            1                4    

        

How do I find the frequency for var1, var2, var3, and var4 without expanding the dataset? 

 

    

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Ksharp
Super User
data have;
input var1       var2         var3          var4        var5  ;
cards;
10384     35            1                5            1
10383     56            2                3            2
10567     76            1                4            5
;
run;
proc freq data=have noprint;
table var1/out=want1 ;
table var2/out=want2 ;
weight var5;
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

A simple transpose gives 

 

proc transpose data=have out=w;
by var5;
var var1-var4;
run;

proc print noobs;run;

gives  

 

1 var1 10384
1 var2 35
1 var3 1
1 var4 5
2 var1 10383
2 var2 56
2 var3 2
2 var4 3
5 var1 10567
5 var2 76
5 var3 1
5 var4 4

 

I'm not clear with your expected output yet. Do you want the frequencies of each value of var1 -- var4 or number of records in var1,var2  and var4?

If I were to assume it is frequencies of each value of var1-var4, 

 


proc sql;
create table want as
select col1, sum(var5) as freq
from w
group by col1;
quit;

gives 

 

COL1 freq

1 6
2 2
3 2
4 5
5 1
35 1
56 2
76 5
10383 2
10384 1
10567 5

Ksharp
Super User
data have;
input var1       var2         var3          var4        var5  ;
cards;
10384     35            1                5            1
10383     56            2                3            2
10567     76            1                4            5
;
run;
proc freq data=have noprint;
table var1/out=want1 ;
table var2/out=want2 ;
weight var5;
run;
axeloop
Calcite | Level 5

I see that I needed to use "weight". It worked perfectly! Thanks.

VDD
Ammonite | Level 13 VDD
Ammonite | Level 13
data have;
infile cards missover;
input var1       var2         var3          var4;
cards;               
10384     35            1                5            
10383     56            2                3           
10383     56            2                3            
10567     76            1                4            
10567     76            1                4            
10567     76            1                4            
10567     76            1                4            
10567     76            1                4   
run;
proc freq data=have;
	tables var1 var2 var3 var4 / out=want;
run;
proc freq data=have;
	tables var1*var2 /out=want2;
run;
 

Depends on what you really want

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