Output 16.5Listing of Indexes and Attributes of the Group Data Set
Sort Information
The section shown in the following output appears only if the Sorted field has a value
of YES.
Sortedby
indicates how the data are currently sorted. This field contains either the variables
and options that you use in the BY statement in PROC SORT, the column name in
PROC SQL, or the values that you specify in the SORTEDBY= option.
Validated
indicates whether the data was sorted using PROC SORT or SORTEDBY. If PROC
SORT or PROC SQL sorted the data set, the value is YES. If you assigned the sort
indicator with the SORTEDBY= data set option, the value is NO.
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