Proc compare : maxprint

[Moise]

Hello, 

I have to compare 2 large datasets using proc compare with printing the results.  I used the code below 

Proc compare base=tab1 comp=tab2 ; id anonymat gender; run;

But I have this warning message for all the variables not in ID statement

Note: The MAXPRINT=50 printing limit has been reached for the variable birthdate. No more values will be printed for this comparison

How to solve it?

Thanks

[Reeza]

Don't print the results - use the output data sets instead.

[SASKiwi]

How many differences does your COMPARE difference summary report? You can use the MAXPRINT option to print more differences but beyond a few hundred the output gets too large an other techniques become more useful.

[ballardw]

You may need to sort by more variables than the ID variables if there multiple values of the ID var combinations.

[Tom · Accepted solution]

The NOTE is telling you want to do.

Add the MAXPRINT= option to the PROC COMPARE statement.

[Moise]

Thank you very much MAXPINT= was the solution to my problem.