What is the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step?

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What is the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step?..

Answer / kiran datir

The DATA Step is a true workhorse. It allows you to create multiple datasets in one swift step. PROC step requires several SELECT clauses to create multiple datasets.

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What is the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step?..

Answer / ju_rk

DATA step is a sequential process (one at a time for each observation), whereas the SQL procedure is a simultaneous process for all the observations.

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What is the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step?..

Answer / vj

Data Step processes data ROW-wise.
Proc Step processes data COLUMN-wise.

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What is the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step?..

Answer / surekha

pankaj's answer is completely true
@pankaj have u taken any training course of SAS

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