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Mirou
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello,

I need to delete duplicate lines (identical observations)  from a data base,

i have a databse with many columns (100 columns) how shouldi proceed. 

Thanks 

 

 

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

 

proc sql;

create table want as

select distinct *

from db_table;

quit;

 

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

 

proc sql;

create table want as

select distinct *

from db_table;

quit;

 

Mirou
Fluorite | Level 6

thank you !

PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Do like this

 

proc sort data=YourData out=NoDuplicates nodupkey;
	by _all_;
run;

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