What is the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step?
Answer Posted / pankaj kokate
Data step : typically create or modify SAS data set and
they can also used to produce costom-designed reports
Data step used to 1.Put data into SAS data set, cumpute
variable, check for correct error in data, Produce new SAS
data sets by subsetting, merging, and updating existing
data sets
PROC step : They pre-written routines that enable us to
analyze and process the data in a SAS data set and to
present the data in the form of a report
PROC steps sometimes create new SAS data sets that contain
the results of the procedure
PROC steps can list, sort, and summarize data
PROC steps are used to:Create a report that lists the data,
Produce descriptive statistics,Create a summary
report,Produce plots and charts
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