I want to find the min value.
data t;
input x;
cards;
10
20
40
30
26
;run;
i found this code
data t1;
set t end=last;
retain y;
y=min(y,x);
run;
And it's giving the right solution.I want to ask that initially the value of y is missing and if we using min(y,x) then it should come as missing value as missing value has the lowest priority, then how come it is coming 10 . Please explain.
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000245915.htm
.. the min function only returns a missing value, if all arguments are missing. This is simply how the function works.
All those summary functions (max, min, sum, ...) have the advantage that they return a non-missing value as long as one of the arguments is non-missing. If you want a missing value treated as the minimum, you will have to code that manually.
Although it works I would highly recommend using proc means instead.
Proc means data=have stackods min max;
Var x;
ODS output summary=want;
Run;
Proc print data=want;
Run;
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