Date:         Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:47:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Fareeza Khurshed <fkhurshed@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Fareeza Khurshed <fkhurshed@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Grouping
Comments: To: Val Krem <valkrem@yahoo.com>
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I think you want Groups=10 instead of bin(s).

proc rank data=all out=ranks groups=10;

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Val Krem <valkrem@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi all,
> I want to group a continuous variable in to class or bin,
>
> I wrote,
> proc rank data=test  out=ranks bin=10;
>    var xx;
>    ranks bins;
> run;
>
> But I am getting an error message of  teh following. Can anyone help me out
>   proc rank data=all out=ranks bins=10;
>                                           _____
>                                           _____
>                                           _____
>                                           22  200
>                                           22  200
>                                           22  200
> ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATA,
> DESCENDING, FRACTION,
> ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATA,
> DESCENDING, FRACTION,
> ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, (, DATA,
> DESCENDING, FRACTION,
>               GROUPS, NORMAL, NPLUS1, OUT, PERCENT, SAVAGE, TIES.
>               GROUPS, NORMAL, NPLUS1, OUT, PERCENT, SAVAGE, TIES.
>               GROUPS, NORMAL, NPLUS1, OUT, PERCENT, SAVAGE, TIES.
> ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
> ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
> ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
>
> Thanks
>