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Is there a way to use a DATA step to create a subset of only the numeric, or character, variables in a dataset?

 

Thanks.

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Reeza
Super User

What do you mean? 

 

You can use _numeric_ or _character_ to reference all numeric or character variables. 

 

Data num_vars;
Set have;

Keep _numeric_;
Run;

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Reeza
Super User

What do you mean? 

 

You can use _numeric_ or _character_ to reference all numeric or character variables. 

 

Data num_vars;
Set have;

Keep _numeric_;
Run;
Ksharp
Super User
Data num_vars;
Set sashelp.class(keep=_numeric_);
Run;

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