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Quodly
Obsidian | Level 7
data a;
  input x y z;
  datalines;
1 2 3
4 5 .
6 . .
;

proc means sum;
run;

have:

x = 11, y = 7, x = 3

want:

x = 11, y = ., x = .

is it possible to enforce this behaviour?

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Quodly
Obsidian | Level 7
as my actual dataset is much bigger than my example above, i was wondering if one can imitate the missing behaviour of the plus operator in proc means. using a simple data step with some form of loop over the variables is a good idea, though. thanks, kurt!
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

I assume by "bigger" you mean that you have a lot more variables.

 

If so, you can use an array

 

data want;
    set have;
    array x(*) var1-var200;
    array sum(*) sum1-sum200 (200*0);
    do i=1 to dim(x);
        sum(i)=sum(i)+x(i);
    end;
    drop i;
run;
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Paige Miller

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