i need greater number in num3

[aanan1417]

data have;

input num1 num2;

datalines;

1  2

4  3

7  9

11  10

;

run;

output 

num1     num2      num3

1              2             2

4              3             4

7              9             9

11            10            11

[PaigeMiller]

Please explain further what you are doing. What is the logic that takes the input data in data set named HAVE and produces the output?

[aanan1417]

num3 should have bigger value from num1 or num2

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

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@aanan1417 wrote:

num3 should have bigger value from num1 or num2

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data want;
    set have;
    num3=max(num1,num2);
run;

[andreas_lds]

Have a look at the documentation of the max function: https://documentation.sas.com/doc/de/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.4/lefunctionsref/n00bjr4jof59pwn1bfzk9f5i0ujr.h...