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The COMPARE Procedure

Syntax: COMPARE Procedure

Restriction:	You must use the VAR statement when you use the WITH statement.
Tip:	Supports the Output Delivery System. See Output Delivery System: Basic Concepts in SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide for details.
Tip:	You can use the LABEL, ATTRIB, FORMAT, and WHERE statements. See Statements with the Same Function in Multiple Procedures for details. You can also use any global statements. See Global Statements for a list.
Table of Contents:	The COMPARE Procedure

PROC COMPARE <option(s)>;

BY <DESCENDING> variable-1
<...<DESCENDING> variable-n>
<NOTSORTED>;

ID <DESCENDING> variable-1
<...<DESCENDING> variable-n>
<NOTSORTED>;

VAR variable(s);

WITH variable(s);

Task		Statement
Compare the contents of SAS data sets, or compare two variables		PROC COMPARE
Produce a separate comparison for each BY group		BY
Identify variables to use to match observations		ID
Restrict the comparison to values of specific variables		VAR
Compare variables of different names		WITH and VAR
Compare two variables in the same data set		WITH and VAR

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