If you have a data set that contains 100 variables, but you
need only five of those, what is the code to force SAS to
use only those variable?
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Answer / imran syed
KEEP statement is the most effective form of code.
keep var-1 var-2 var-3 var-4 var-5;
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Answer / john sikha
Use keep followed by variables you required
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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;
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Answer / ganesh
We can either use keep or drop option for selecting those
five variables.
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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;
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Answer / chandra
data set options keep is best and using proc sql is also.
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data xyz first obs=first
obs=last;
set zyx;
run;
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