the concept of the SAS datastep (4- 5Gl) is seeing one record of tabular data-matrix.  The tabular data-matrix is the same concept as an array in in a 3Gl language like Pascal/Java. A major education attention point with programming in SAS is becoming aware and use that evolutionary difference. What happens if you are using array-s with that is you are another dimension of array-s on top of that. Sounds complicated? In that case you have missed the fundamental concepts (PDV) of the datastep. Having issues with code writing? This is a dedicated science area with a lot of nasty difficult topics. Ready to go? KISS keep it simple is by far the best way. When needing extra code statements that is less serious issue as the unequal more complexity on avoiding duplications. Code it brute force way.. Why is that a problem?     ... View more

I am out of the office until next week, so this will be short. The estimate statement is non-est because it doesn't compare anything at this point.  To get a difference you have to code both parts of interest, one with a positive 1 the other with a negative 1.  I think I gae an example. I hope you can wait until next week when I get back to work. Steve Denham ... View more

Thanks ! That's a great help! I thought that the SAS XMLMapper tool was available only since v9.2. Regards, Violaine ... View more

Yes, I think PROC DOCUMENT and ODS DOCUMENT are quite cool! I'm glad you got it working. cynthia ... View more