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monday89
Fluorite | Level 6

I am looking for the following format

age_group gender race Frequency Percent CumFrequency CumPercent
1 female white        
1 male white        
2 female white        
2 male black        
3 female asian        
3 male black        

ods output onewayfreqs= test_owf
proc freq data=test ;
table gender race/missing;
by age_group;
run;
ods listing;

 

I get what I want but i was wondering if there is an easier way because when i do ods output , it always ends up outputting the results. i just want the output in different dataset rather than showing in results view

 

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fdsaaaa
Obsidian | Level 7

If your aim is to create an output dataset - try this:

proc freq data=test ;
table gender race/missing OUT=your_dataset;
by age_group;
run;
ballardw
Super User

@fdsaaaa wrote:

If your aim is to create an output dataset - try this:

proc freq data=test ;
table gender race/missing OUT=your_dataset;
by age_group;
run;

If the objective is to not have anything appear in the Results window, or ods destination, then add the NOPRINT option to the Proc Freq statement. However you can only get ONE output data set per TABLES statement. And to get both variables per record you need both gender and race in the same table.

proc freq data=test noprint; 
   tables gender*race /missing OUT=your_dataset; 
   by age_group; 
run;

Or have the AGE_GROUP on the tables statement instead of BY:

proc freq data=test noprint; 
   tables age_group* gender*race /missing OUT=your_dataset; 
run;

 

 

Reeza
Super User

Did you check the test_owf data set? If you check the log, you should see the table has been created and should hold the output. 

 

The ODS OUTPUT command should generate output. 

 

Here's some instructions and explanations on how to capture output that is shown.
https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2017/03/31/capturing-output-from-any-procedure-with-an-ods...

 


@monday89 wrote:

I am looking for the following format

age_group gender race Frequency Percent CumFrequency CumPercent
1 female white        
1 male white        
2 female white        
2 male black        
3 female asian        
3 male black        

ods output onewayfreqs= test_owf
proc freq data=test ;
table gender race/missing;
by age_group;
run;
ods listing;

 

I get what I want but i was wondering if there is an easier way because when i do ods output , it always ends up outputting the results. i just want the output in different dataset rather than showing in results view

 


 

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