Date:         Wed, 7 May 1997 16:25:37 EDT
Reply-To:     rhoadsm1@WESTATPO.WESTAT.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mike Rhoads <rhoadsm1@WESTATPO.WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: no subject (file transmission)
Comments: To: "C.J. Davis" <cjdavis@KUDONET.COM>

<<C.J. Davis asks>>
I would like to perform proc FREQ on all but a few
variables of a SAS dataset...unfortunately, FREQ
does analysis on all vars including the ones I don't
want analyzed, which are taking up the greater part of
the computation time.  how do I exclude these few without
having to create another dataset andlist the 100's of vars
i *do * want analyzed???
<<end question>>
 
Take advantage of the DROP= data set option when running PROC FREQ to exclude
the variables you don't want, as is illustrated by the code below:
 
data temp;
a = 1;  b = 2;  c = 3;
run;
 
/* We don't want to waste time on a and c */
proc freq  data=temp (drop = a c);
run;
 
     Mike Rhoads
     Westat
     RhoadsM1@Westat.com