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Amy0223
Quartz | Level 8

Hi community, I'm not sure how to answer this question. Your help is much appreciated!

 

What, if anything, is wrong with the following programs? An ellipsis (...) indicates proportions of a statement that are not germane to the exercise.

data one; infile...;
length type 2;
input lab grp m1-m50;
run;

data two; infile...;
input lab grp type mx1-mx10;
run;

data merge;
merge two one;
by lab grp;
run;

 

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unison
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

are 'one' and 'two' sorted by lab and grp? i.e.

 

proc sort data=one; by lab grp; run;
proc sort data=two; by lab grp; run;

*merge after here ...;

If this is not the issue, please include the log.

 

 

-unison

 

-unison
Amy0223
Quartz | Level 8

Thank you for your help! Should we put length statement in data two instead of data one because the type variable is not in data one?

length type $2;

 

SASKiwi
PROC Star

Only code statements if there is a reason for them...

r_behata
Barite | Level 11

Merge cannot be used as the name of the dataset since it is restricted keyword.

 

data merge;
merge two one;
by lab grp;
run;

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