what is the difference between SET and MERGE?

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Methods of Combining Sas Datasets: Concatenation(set statment), Merge Statement:

Concatenating combines two or more SAS data sets, one after the other, into a single SAS data set.
- Use the SET statement in a DATA step to concatenate SAS data sets.
- Any number of SAS data sets can be read with a single SET statement.


Merging combines observations from two or more SAS data sets into a single observation in a new data set.

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