If you have a data set that contains 100 variables, but you
need only five of those, what is the code to force SAS to
use only those variable?
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Answer / vsrao
keep option
data ddd;
set sss(keep=a b c d e);
run;
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Answer / ram pabba
It is true to use KEEP option on a dataset to only select
few variables from 100 variables.
We can use KEEP option either on set statement or data
step statement. If we use on SET statement then only the
five variables are created on pdv and only these variables
are sent to the output dataset. If we use KEEP option on
data step statement then all the variables are copied into
pdv and after any maniuplation only the selected variables
on data step statement are processed and sent to output
dataset.
data abc;
set xyz (keep= ab cd ef gh);
run;
data abc(keep= ab cd ef gh ij);
set xyz;
ij=ab+jk;
run;
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Answer / guest
My guess is also the keep statement to keep only 5
variables out of 100 variables..
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Answer / purnimaprasad
Use keep statement to keep only 5 variables out of 100
variables
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Answer / kishore kumar
If ur reading data from any dataset we will use keep option
like set data1(keep = 5 variables);,If ur using in any
procedure just with var statement.If u want to display to
have output with only 5variables out of 100 just use keep
option with data statement.
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Answer / soniya
in data set - use keep
in proc step- use var ,id statements
ex-
data a;
infile urfilename;
input score1-score100;
keep sore1-score5;
run;
input a;
input score1-scor100
run;
proc print data=a;
var score1-score5;
id score1-score5;
run;
observe id-in this statement nuber of obs not displed in
out put
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Answer / sudheer
var is the statement which will be used to get the variable
which are required in the output window, they are also
other answer for it when u r using proc guidelines.
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Answer / chiranjeevi
My guess is using data set option i.e keep
it is used for it decides the no. of variable should remain
with in the dataset
keep<variable list>
2)var statement
it is a keyword or statement used to specify the analysis
variables.The analysis variables are those,which is required
to be restructured.
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