Working with SAS Data Sets

Editing a SAS Data Set

You can edit a SAS data set using the EDIT statement. You can update values of variables, mark observations for deletion, delete the marked observations, and save the changes you make. The general form of the EDIT statement is

EDIT SAS-data-set < VAR operand > < WHERE(expression) > ;

where

SAS-data-set: names an existing SAS data set.
operand: selects a set of variables.
expression: is an expression that is evaluated for being true or false.

Updating Observations

Deleting Observations

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