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Calcite | Level 5

Calcite | Level 5

order in data step

Posted 09-20-2018 06:31 PM (1788 views)

does the order matter in the data step? if so, for what?

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Ammonite | Level 13

Ammonite | Level 13

Re: order in data step

Posted 09-20-2018 07:02 PM (1778 views) | In reply to clqa

are you asking about the order of the data or the order of your statements.

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000131184.htm

Super User

Super User

Re: order in data step

Posted 09-20-2018 07:12 PM (1767 views) | In reply to clqa

Do you have some context for these questions? They're fairly vague and most can be answered by reading the documentation or some basic searches.

@clqa wrote:

does the order matter in the data step? if so, for what?

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