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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition

by SAS Institute
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
24h 21m
English
SAS Institute
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values for the variables that are unique to that data set. In this example, the data sets
Animal2 and Plant2 have different values of the Common variable. The following shows
the Animal2 and the Plant2 input data sets:
Animal2 Plant2
OBS Common Animal OBS Common Plant
1 a Ant 1 a Apple
2 c Cat 2 b Banana
3 d Dog 3 c Coconut
4 e Eagle 4 e Eggplant
5 f Fig
The following program produces the data set MERGE2 and prints the results:
/* This program illustrates undesirable results. */
data merge2;
merge animal2 plant2;
run;
proc print data=merge2;
title 'Data Set MERGE2';
run;
Output 21.10 Undesirable Results with Different Values of Common Variables
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