How would you code a merge that will keep only the observations that have match

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How would you code a merge that will keep only the
observations that have matches from both sets.

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How would you code a merge that will keep only the observations that have matches from both sets...

Answer / nishant

Using "IN" variable option. Look at the following example.

data three;
merge one(in=x) two(in=y);
by id;
if x=1 and y=1;
run;

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How would you code a merge that will keep only the observations that have matches from both sets...

Answer / pallavi

data three;
merge one(in=x) two(in=y);
by id;
if x and y;
run;

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How would you code a merge that will keep only the observations that have matches from both sets...

Answer / madhavi

proc sort data=one;
by id;
run;
proc sort data=two;
by id;
run;
data comm_rec;
merge one(in=a) two(in=b);
by id;
if a and b;
run;
proc print data=comm_rec;
run;

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How would you code a merge that will keep only the observations that have matches from both sets...

Answer / sheetal

Using joins in proc sql statement, see following example

proc sql;
select *
from a, b
where a.case_id = b.case_id;
quit;

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How would you code a merge that will keep only the observations that have matches from both sets...

Answer / kamudu

here we used simple answer ia
data merge;
merge(tables------);
by (same colum);
if e1 and e2 then
output;
keep-----;
run;

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