BY Statement
- BY variables ;
You can specify a BY statement with PROC RSREG to obtain
separate analyses on observations in groups defined by the BY variables.
When a BY statement appears, the procedure expects the
input data set to be sorted in order of the BY variables.
If your input data set is not sorted in ascending order,
use one of the following alternatives:
- Sort the data using the SORT procedure with a similar
BY statement.
- Specify the BY statement option NOTSORTED or DESCENDING
in the BY statement for the RSREG procedure.
The NOTSORTED option does not mean that the data are
unsorted but rather that the data are arranged in
groups (according to values of the BY variables)
and that these groups are not necessarily in
alphabetical or increasing numeric order.
- Create an index on the BY variables using the DATASETS procedure
(in base SAS software).
For more information on the BY statement, refer to the
discussion in SAS Language Reference: Concepts. For
more information on the DATASETS procedure, refer to the
discussion in the SAS Procedures Guide.
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