This problem has been resolved, thanks to Zack Matthew.

Paula D "pAyp" <pauladx@home.com> wrote in message news:zadq7.23613$L%5.18888501@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com... > I follow SAS ondoc to run Proc fastclus first, so I can use its output as > input into Proc cluster. The Var statement under Proc fastclus is like this > > .. > > var v1, v2, v3....; > > run; > > At the proc fastclus line, I use out=lib.file1 to hold all the variables > including a new field named Cluster and another new variable named Distance, > among others. > > Now I start to use the lib.file1 as input data set for proc cluster > > proc cluster data=lib.file1 method=ward ......................; > > The problem, and my question, is how to specify the VAR statement. SAS > support consultant said I should copy and paste > > var v1, v2, v3..........; > > Which I tested. But if I do that, the whole thing runs as slowly as if I did > not run proc fastclus in the first place. Remeber: the reason that proc > fastclus is recommended to run before running proc cluster is to speed up. I > don't know if I should specify > > VAR cluster distance; > > instead. > > Paula D > > >