•partitions observations into groups on the basis of values of two input variables
•groups observations separately within BY groups
•replaces the original variable values with the group values
Program
options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60;
data swim;
input Name $ 1-7 Gender $ 9 Back 11-14 Free 16-19;
datalines;
Andrea F 28.6 30.3
Carole F 32.9 24.0
Clayton M 27.0 21.9
Curtis M 29.0 22.6
Doug M 27.3 22.4
Ellen F 27.8 27.0
Jan F 31.3 31.2
Jimmy M 26.3 22.5
Karin F 34.6 26.2
Mick M 29.0 25.4
Richard M 29.7 30.2
Sam M 27.2 24.1
Susan F 35.1 36.1
;
proc sort data=swim out=pairs;
by gender;
run;
proc rank ...
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