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tianerhu
Pyrite | Level 9

I have one SAS data set MM and want to create three SAS data set, A , B , C ,respectively.

There are six variables in SAS data set MM—— score1 , score2 , score3 , score4 , score5 ,score6 ;

if I want to set up one new variable, average = mean(of score1-score6), and put it into data set B  , how should I do ?

 

data A B C;

set MM;

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

The description of your needs is tenuous. This sticks to your script:

data A B(keep=average) C;
  set MM;
  average = mean(of score1-score6), 

 

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

The description of your needs is tenuous. This sticks to your script:

data A B(keep=average) C;
  set MM;
  average = mean(of score1-score6), 

 

tianerhu
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you for you advise and help. Your code is just what I need.

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