APPEND Procedure
| Tips: | You can use the ATTRIB, FORMAT, LABEL, and WHERE statements.
You can use data set options with the BASE= and DATA= options. Complete documentation for the APPEND procedure is located within the DATASETS procedure in APPEND Statement. |
Syntax
PROC APPEND BASE=<libref.>SAS-data-set <DATA=<libref.>SAS-data-set>
<FORCE> <APPENDVER=V6> <GETSORT>;
<FORCE> <APPENDVER=V6> <GETSORT>;
Table of Procedure Tasks
| Statement | Task | Example |
|---|---|---|
| APPEND Statement | Add observations from one SAS data set to the end of another SAS data set | Ex. 1 |
| APPENDVER=V6 | Add observations to the data set one at a time | |
| BASE=<libref.> SAS-data-set | Name of destination data set | Ex. 1 |
| DATA=<libref.> SAS-data-set | Name of source data set | Ex. 1 |
| FORCE | Force the append when variables are different | Ex. 1 |
| GETSORT | Copy the sort indicator that was established by using PROC SORT from the DATA= data set to the BASE= data set | Ex. 2 |
| NOWARN | Suppress the warning message when used with the FORCE option to concatenate two data sets with different variables |