Functions and CALL Routines

EUCLID Function

Returns the Euclidean norm of the non-missing arguments.

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Syntax
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Examples
	Example 1: Calculating the Euclidean Norm of Non-missing Arguments
	Example 2: Calculating the Euclidean Norm When You Use a Variable List
See Also

Syntax

EUCLID(value-1 <,value-2 ...>)

If all arguments have missing values, then the result is a missing value. Otherwise, the result is the Euclidean norm of the non-missing values.

In the following example, [equation] are the values of the non-missing arguments.

[equation]

The following example returns the Euclidean norm of the non-missing arguments.

data _null_;
   x=euclid(.,3,0,.q,-4);
   put x=;
run;

SAS writes the following output to the log:

x=5

The following example uses a variable list to calculate the Euclidean norm.

data _null_;
   x1 = 1;
   x2 = 3;
   x3 = 4;
   x4 = 3;
   x5 = 1;
   x = euclid(of x1-x5);
   put x=;
run;

SAS writes the following output to the log:

x=6