Date:         Wed, 30 Oct 2002 03:13:06 GMT
Reply-To:     Chuck Enright <cfe5001@AOL.COMNOTRASH>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Chuck Enright <cfe5001@AOL.COMNOTRASH>
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Subject:      Re: How to return the rows number of a data set?

Why wouldn't you use ...
PROC SQL NOPRINT;
  SELECT COUNT(*) INTO :numw
  FROM WORK.W;
QUIT;
%PUT &numw;