Chapter 25
Array Processing
Definitions for Array Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
A Conceptual View of Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
One-Dimensional Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Two-Dimensional Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Syntax for Defining and Referencing an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Processing Simple Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Grouping Variables in a Simple Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Using a DO Loop to Repeat an Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Using a DO Loop to Process Selected Elements in an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Selecting the Current Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Defining the Number of Elements in an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Rules for Referencing Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Variations on Basic Array Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Determining the Number of Elements in an Array Efficiently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
DO WHILE and DO UNTIL Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Using Variable Lists to Define an Array Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Multidimensional Arrays: Creating and Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Grouping Variables in a Multidimensional Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Using Nested DO Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Specifying Array Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Identifying Upper and Lower Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Determining Array Bounds: LBOUND and HBOUND Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
When to Use the HBOUND Function Instead of the DIM Function . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Specifying Bounds in a Two-Dimensional Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Examples of Array Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Example 1: Using Character Variables in an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Example 2: Assigning Initial Values to the Elements of an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Example 3: Creating an Array for Temporary Use in the Current DATA Step . . . 579
Example 4: Performing an Action on All Numeric Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
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