I need to find out least 3 values from the list of ten variables.
e.g.
Distance1 | Distance2 | Distance3 | Distance4 | Distance5 | Distance6 | Distance7 | Distance8 | Distance9 | Distance10 |
15.46791785 | 27.07151463 | 28.99654603 | 229.332241 | 237.8000057 | 12.01979627 | 31.54472452 | 22.26341721 | 27.26892156 | 23.14074428 |
19.56490681 | 31.14826968 | 5.781924029 | 215.2916435 | 222.8782588 | 25.21045093 | 8.626908624 | 16.60635164 | 9.818619941 | 17.35681137 |
Desired output:
Distance1 | Distance2 | Distance3 | Distance4 | Distance5 | Distance6 | Distance7 | Distance8 | Distance9 | Distance10 | min-distance1 | min-distance2 | min-distance3 |
15.46791785 | 27.07151463 | 28.99654603 | 229.332241 | 237.8000057 | 12.01979627 | 31.54472452 | 22.26341721 | 27.26892156 | 23.14074428 | 12.01979627 | 15.46791785 | 22.26341721 |
19.56490681 | 31.14826968 | 5.781924029 | 215.2916435 | 222.8782588 | 25.21045093 | 8.626908624 | 16.60635164 | 9.818619941 | 17.35681137 | 5.781924029 | 8.626908624 | 9.818619941 |
With the 'min' function we can find out only the least 1 variable, but I was why wondering to get the least three values.
Appreciate your inputs in advance.
Hello,
data have;
input a b c d e;
datalines;
1 2 3 4 5
10 50 20 30 40
50 60 40 30 30
;
data want;
array mindistance{3};
set have;
do i=1 to 3;
mindistance{i}=smallest(i,a,b,c,d,e);
end;
run;
Hello,
data have;
input a b c d e;
datalines;
1 2 3 4 5
10 50 20 30 40
50 60 40 30 30
;
data want;
array mindistance{3};
set have;
do i=1 to 3;
mindistance{i}=smallest(i,a,b,c,d,e);
end;
run;
Thanks.
how to find the maximum 3 values for the same scenario?
I got it. It can be done via largest function.
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