basic problem

[hchan10]

can some one help me with the code for this problem ?

data trans;
input CustomerID transactiondate$ 10. amount category$;
cards;
9801234 10/01/1998 123.98 toys
9802234 12/10/1997 80.34 books
9802234 12/10/1997 100.00 apparel
9805556 08/01/1996 22.90 toys
9805556 09/10/1996 25.50 apparel
9805556 10/11/1996 18.90 books
9801134 11/11/1999 12.11 toys 
;
run;

Total and average amount spent by category 

1. Which category has the highest average purchase
2. What is the average number of categories that customers purchase
3. What is the average and total amount by customer
4. What is the average number of days between purchases (as of today)

[Norman21]

What code have you written?

[PaigeMiller]

For numbers 1, 2 and 3, use PROC SUMMARY.

[Reeza]

Here are some tutorial video's that will help you answer your question:

http://video.sas.com/detail/videos/sas-analytics-u/video/3306906230001/summary-statistics-using-sas-...

http://video.sas.com/detail/videos/sas-analytics-u/video/4573023399001/creating-a-new-column-in-sas?...

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@hchan10 wrote:

can some one help me with the code for this problem ?

data trans;
input CustomerID transactiondate$ 10. amount category$;
cards;
9801234 10/01/1998 123.98 toys
9802234 12/10/1997 80.34 books
9802234 12/10/1997 100.00 apparel
9805556 08/01/1996 22.90 toys
9805556 09/10/1996 25.50 apparel
9805556 10/11/1996 18.90 books
9801134 11/11/1999 12.11 toys 
;
run;

Total and average amount spent by category 

1. Which category has the highest average purchase
2. What is the average number of categories that customers purchase
3. What is the average and total amount by customer
4. What is the average number of days between purchases (as of today)

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