Date:         Thu, 7 May 2009 10:10:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
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From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Dropping variables efficiently

depends on. If you need that dataset later anywhere a view might be more
efficient:


data a / view=a;
 set b (drop = x y);
run;

with that you read b only once. If you first copy the dataset to a and
then use it, you have 2 reads and 1 extra write.
Gerhard




On Thu, 7 May 2009 06:59:06 -0700, Paul <paulvonhippel@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>Is there a more efficient way to drop variables than the obvious?
>