Combining and Modifying SAS® Data Sets: Examples Second Edition

Example 2.5 Selecting Rows in Common When Concatenating Tables

Goal

Select the rows common to all tables based on the value of a specific column.

Example Features

Featured Step	PROC SQL
Featured Step Options and Statements	INTERSECT set operator

Input Tables

Tables MARCHRUNNERS, APRILRUNNERS, and MAYRUNNERS contain the names and running times for the runners in the month that is specified in the table name.

             MARCHRUNNERS

   Obs  runner         racetime
     1  Sanchez, SO    35:49.4
     2  Flores, RX     38:32.8
     3  Martinez, KF   36:12.3
     4  Hayes, MU      35:24.7
     5  Carter, RT     39:38.1
     6  Rogers, LX     40:22.1
     7  Clark, SQ      40:05.8
     8  Taylor, TP     38:30.2
     9  Smith, JD      37:03.5
    10  Green, TF      37:50.0
    11  Brown, GL      35:59.2
    12  Lee, AO        39:36.4
    13  Jones, LW      37:38.3
    14  Smith, KB      38:10.3

 APRILRUNNERS ...