On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:53:40 -0700, Reeza <fkhurshed@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi All, > >I'm wondering if there is a fast way to create cross tabulation >tables, when the data is continuous and needs to be categorized. > >What I do right now, is create a new variable and classify each >variable into the groups, >ie 1-10 is in group 1, 11-20 is in group 2...etc... > >And then run proc freqs. > >Note that the group classifcations can vary from one data set to >another. > >Thanks, >Reeza

If you only use it for display of data, you should probably use numeric formats (proc format) instead of creating those extra variables. It is faster, as you simply store them for reuse, and of course way cooler :-)

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