Answer / imran syed

KEEP statement is the most effective form of code.

keep var-1 var-2 var-3 var-4 var-5;

Answer / john sikha

Use keep followed by variables you required

Answer / aravind9882

u can use keep dataset option or keep statement to limit
the no of variables depending on ur requirement. if u want
process only those 5 variables, u can use keep dataset
option. if u want to limit d variables after d data is
processed u can use keep statement.
data new;
set old(keep=v1 v2 v3 v4 v5);
run;

or

data new;
set old;
keep v1 v2 v3 v4 v5;
run;

Answer / ganesh

We can either use keep or drop option for selecting those
five variables.

Answer / ravira

data set name ;
set old data set name ( keep = a b c d e);
run;

By using above concept u can read what r the variables u
want to read ,first create data set having many variables ,
then try to read from some variables

Answer / vinod swarna

use select statement with just those 5 variables:

proc sql;
create table only5 as
select var1,var2,var3,var4,var5
from example;
quit;

Answer / chandra

data set options keep is best and using proc sql is also.

Answer / gaurav verma

data xyz first obs=first
obs=last;
set zyx;
run;

Answer / santhi

we can use drop command for a limit

Answer / guest

obs = 5

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