Date:         Sat, 22 Mar 2003 18:57:09 +0000
Reply-To:     sashole@bellsouth.net
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Paul Dorfman <paul_dorfman@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Limiting BY observations
Comments: To: kellermandavid@YAHOO.COM
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David,

If printing the thing is a one-time operation, then I would create a view
and then print from it. Of course, if you are planning on reading the
by-castrated file considerably more than once thereafter, replace the view
with a data file.

data to_print / view = to_print ;
   do _n_ = 1 by 1 until ( last . by_variable ) ;
      set input_sas_file ;
      by by_variable ;
      if _n_ <= 10 then output ;
   end ;
run ;

proc print  data = to_print ;
run ;

Kind regards,
-------------------
Paul M. Dorfman
Jacksonville, FL
-------------------

>From: David Kellerman <kellermandavid@YAHOO.COM>
>
>I want to print only the 1st 10 observations in each BY group.  Any
>suggestions.


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