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whymath
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

In SAS windowing environment, I can use "keep name" or "show name" command to keep only "name" variable showed in a data view.

But can I keep two or more variables at one shot? I have tried "keep name age" and "keep (name age)", they didn't work.

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ballardw
Super User

COLUMNS 'sex age height'

ONE set of quotes around a space delimited list of variable names.

 


@whymath wrote:

This is where I use this command:

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whymath
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

This is where I use this command:

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ballardw
Super User

COLUMNS 'sex age height'

ONE set of quotes around a space delimited list of variable names.

 


@whymath wrote:

This is where I use this command:

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whymath
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
I quickly tried:
columns 'sex age height'
show 'sex age height'
keep 'sex age height'
They both work, XD

Thank you very much.

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