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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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Sorted Data Sets
The Sort Indicator
What Is a Sort Indicator?
After a data set is sorted, a sort indicator is added to the data set descriptor information.
The sort indicator is updated without a permanent sort of the data set by using the
SORTEDBY= data set option. The Sortedby and Validated sort information is updated
when the SORTEDBY= data set option is used.
The sort indicator contains some or all of the following sort information of a SAS data
set:
how the data set is sorted by which variable or variables
whether the order for a variable is descending or ascending
the character set used for character variables
the collating sequence used ...
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