Date:         Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:35:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Ian Whitlock <iw1sas@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ian Whitlock <iw1sas@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rename variable names into yyyymmm_[variablename] format
Comments: cc: sasbeginner <pattukuttani@gmail.com>
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In the thread "Rename variable names into yyyymmm_[variablename]
format" http://tinyurl.com/9vt53j I recently wrote

   However the major mistake is one of understanding the problem.  You
   do not want to know how many obs are in SRTDATA; you want to find
   the appropriate size of the arrays in the DATA step creating MOVE.
   The right code is depends somewhat on the data.  However it does
   not seem unreasonable to expect most groups to have most months.

The criticism is false since the sort preceding the DATA step used
the NODUPKEY option.

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Ian Whitlock