In the SAS Data step what is the difference between the
subsetting done by Where and subsetting done by If?
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Answer Posted / gangadhar
Make sure you apply the following rules when determining
which approach to take when subsetting your data set using
the DATA step. If your subset condition does not meet the
requirements below, then the WHERE and IF statements should
produce identical results. For cases such as this, use the
WHERE statement since it is more efficient. Note that
having both WHERE and IF statements within the same DATA
step has a cumulative effect.
• Can use WHERE statement when only specifying data
set variables
• Use IF statement when specifying automatic
variables or new variables created within DATA step
• Use IF statement when specifying FIRST.BY or LAST.
BY variables
• Use IF statement when specifying data set options
such as OBS = , POINT = or FIRSTOBS =
• In general, use IF statement when merging data sets
to apply subset condition after merging data set
• Use WHERE statement when specifying indexes
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