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dapsy
Calcite | Level 5

I wanted to write the program in one pass where the data is read once for all variable and observations and not many times to complete the job belowDtaonce for :

%do i=1 %to &no_var;
proc sql;
create table var&i as
select &&name&i from a;
quit;
%end;

%do i=1 %to &no_var;
proc sql noprint;
create table miss&i as
select count(*)/&no_obs as mlsing
from var&i
where &&name&i=.;
quit;
%end;

%do i=1 %to &no_var;
proc sql noprint;
create table zero&i as
select count(*)/&no_obs as zlrou
from var&i
where &&name&i=0;
quit;
%end;

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art297
Opal | Level 21

What is it you want to accomplish?  If it is just getting counts of missing and non-missing values, take a look at:

SAS FAQ: How can I see the number of missing values and patterns of missing valuesin my data file?

Also, you can get a list or file of all variable names using dictionary.columns

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