Date:         Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:10:37 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: BY var Qn.
Comments: cc: Jeff Morison <jmt_mtf@YAHOO.COM>
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> From: Jeff Morison [mailto:jmt_mtf@YAHOO.COM]
>
> I have a dataset with multiple records for a each new
> value of the variable, I need to grab the first 4
> records for each different value of the variable.
>
> How can I do that?.

data FIRST4;
set  DATA;
by   Var;
if   first.Var then Cntr=1;
else                Cntr++1;;
if   Cntr le 4 then output;

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov

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