Top N Values in Proc Report

[BrahmanandaRao]

data rank;
input id marks;
cards;
1 22
2 33
3 45
4	23
5	23
6	80
7	85
8	46
9	60
10 60
;
run;

proc rank data=rank out=rank_report descending
ties=	high;
var marks;
ranks rankstatus;
run; 

proc report data=rank ;
column id marks status;
define id /display;
define marks/analysis ;
compute after status
marks order by descending;
endcomp;
run;

How to find top N values using proc report 

[Shmuel]

The easiest way is to sort by descending value and select by 

      data = <dsname> (obs=n) 

[PaigeMiller]

proc report data=rank_report(where=(rankstatus<=5));

[PhilC]

We would be using PROC REPORT to print the values out.  We would use PROC RANK or PROC SORT to order the values.  The method we use to select either the first highest N or, another way, to select those records with the lowest rank status will be our use of "SAS dataset option syntax".

data = <dsname> (obs=n) 
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proc report data=rank_report(where=(rankstatus<=5));
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