what is the difference between SET and MERGE?

Answer Posted / kiran kumar yarlagadda

what is the difference between SET and MERGE?
ans:
set statement is used to create a new dataset by using
already existing datasetname/and this statement is used to
concotinate the number of datasets.whenever we are using
set statment it will be added as obsevation by obsevation
level where as when we use merge it will be added as
variable by variable level.

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