Date:         Sun, 11 Jan 1998 15:10:22 +0800
Reply-To:     Rami Zwick <mkzwick@UXMAIL.UST.HK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Rami Zwick <mkzwick@UXMAIL.UST.HK>
Organization: HKUST
Subject:      Finding the name of the variable with the minimum value among n
              variables
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Friends:
 
Consider the following 10 variables and 1 observation:
 
> COL1    COL2    COL3    COL4    COL5    COL6    COL7    COL8    COL9    COL10
>
> 3       9       6       8       5       4       2       10      7       1
>
I would like to create 9 new (numeric) variables, say m2-m10, that will
indicate the column that contains the minimum value among all previous
columns (inclusive).  For example, for the above observation m2-m10
should be:
 
> m2      m3      m4      m5      m6      m7      m8      m9      m10
>
> 1       1       1       1       1       7       7       7       10
>
 
Any help will be appreciated.
 
Thanks,  Rami.