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Date:   Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:03:49 +0100
Reply-To:   John Whittington <johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:   John Whittington <johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK>
Subject:   Re: Selecting and putting an entire record
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On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Tim Berryhill 3rd time <TWB2%Rates%FAR@bangate.pge.com> wrote:

>Phil, If both files are sorted by ID, I might take advantage of that. If not, I >would pull A into my editor and change it into a format which coded ID into Y or >N, then run: >....

Tim - is it really worth that effort just to avoid sorting a 28k obs dataset?

Regards,

John

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