Additional Features
The DATA step provides many other programming features for
manipulating data sets. For example, you can
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use IF-THEN/ELSE logic with DO groups and DO loops to control processing based on one or more conditions
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specify additional data set options
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process variables in arrays
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use SAS functions.
You can also combine SAS data sets in several ways, including match
merging, interleaving, one-to-one merging, and updating.
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