Handbook of SAS DATA Step Programming

181Useful SAS

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Procedures

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You do not need the COMPARE= option to compare variables within

the same data set. Program 10.6 compares two variables, WEIGHT1 and

WEIGHT2, within the COMPARE1 data set.

Program 10.6:

title 'Compare variables with different variable names in the

same data sets';

proc compare base = compare1 brief;

var weight1;

with weight2;

run;

Output from Program 10.6:

Compare variables with different variable names in the

samedata sets

The COMPARE Procedure

Comparisons of variables in WORK.COMPARE1

(Method = EXACT)

NOTE: Values of the following ...