Maximum value between 3 numerical variables per observation

[Gick]

data try_data;
input V1 V2 V3;
datalines;
3 1 1 
2 3 2 
1 1 2 
0 2 3 
4 0 4 
0 0 0 
1 3 2 ;
run;

Hello,

I have 3 numeric variables. I would like to create a new variable which retrieves each time, by observation, the greatest value between my 3 numerical variables.

For example:
V1=3 V2=1 V3=1 then New_V=3
V1=2 V2=3 V3=2 then New_V=3
V1=1 V2=1 V3=2 then New_V=2
V1=0 V2=2 V3=3 then New_V=3
V1=4 V2=0 V3=4 then New_V=4
V1=0 V2=0 V3=0 then New_V=0
V1=1 V2=3 V2=2 then New_V=3

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Gick

[andreas_lds · Accepted solution]

Use the max function.

[ballardw]

First item, the semicolon that ends a datalines block must be on its own line.

data try_data;
   input V1 V2 V3;
  new_v = max(v1,v2,v3);
datalines;
3 1 1 
2 3 2 
1 1 2 
0 2 3 
4 0 4 
0 0 0 
1 3 2
 ;
run;

There a many functions for statistics of variables in a single record in SAS: N, NMISS, MAX, MIN, MEAN, MEDIAN, IQR, STD and more.