Date:         Thu, 23 May 1996 07:11:47 GMT
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Subject:      Re: Counting the number of observations

You can use the procedure PROC FREQ to count the number of elements.
Suppose you have a dataset TEST with a variable X. The following program
produces a
dataset FREQ which have the variables X, COUNT and PERCENT.
 
PROC FREQ DATA=TEST NOPRINT;
     TABLES X / OUT=FREQ;
RUN;
 
To produce a dataset without the variable PERCENT use the dataset option
DROP=PERCENT for the output dataset FREQ.
 
Steffen