Please write codes to merge two datasets and keep every
record in the first dataset.



Please write codes to merge two datasets and keep every record in the first dataset...

Answer / reshma

proc sort data=dataA;
by commonvar;
run;

proc sort data=dataB;
by commonvar;
run;

data new;
merge dataA (in=a) dataB (in=b);
if a ;
by commonvar;
run;

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