Date:         Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:36:24 -0500
Reply-To:     Bogdan Mihai <strimbu@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bogdan Mihai <strimbu@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>
Subject:      random rank assignation

Hi everybody,

I have a data which look like that:
data one;
input a b;
cards;
1 24
1 3
1 67
1 85
1 9
2 5
2 61
2 9
2 56
2 23
;
I want to create a new variable rank, which randomly assigns a rank to
each b inside a;

something like:

a b rank
1 24 2
1 3 3
1 67 1
1 85 5
1 9 4
2 5 5
2 61 3
2 9 2
2 56 1
2 23 4


Any suggestions?
Merry Christmas to all,

Bogdan