The TRANTAB Procedure

Example 6: Using Different Translation Tables for Sorting

Procedure features:

PROC SORT statement option:

SORTSEQ=

Other features:

PRINT procedure

This example shows how to specify a different translation table to sort data in an order that is different from the default sort order. Characters that are written in a language other than U.S. English may require a sort order that is different from the default order.

Note: You can use the TRABASE program in the SAS Sample Library to create translation tables for several different languages. [cautionend]

Program

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60;

data testsort;
   input Values $10.;
   datalines;
Always
always
Forever
forever
Later
later
Yesterday
yesterday
;

proc sort;
   by values;
run;
proc print noobs;
   title 'Default Sort Sequence';
run;

SAS Output

Output from Sorting Values with Default Translation Table

The default sort sequence sorts all the capitalized words in alphabetical order before it sorts any lowercase words.

proc sort sortseq=upper; by values; run; proc print noobs; title 'Customized Sort Sequence'; run;

SAS Output

Output from Sorting Values with Customized Translation Table

The customized sort sequence sorts all the words in alphabetical order, without regard for the case of the letters.

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