The FREQ Procedure
Syntax: FREQ Procedure
The following statements are available in the FREQ procedure:
PROC FREQ
<options> ;
BY
variables ;
EXACT
statistic-options </ computation-options> ;
OUTPUT
<OUT=SAS-data-set> output-options ;
TABLES
requests </ options> ;
TEST
options ;
WEIGHT
variable </ option> ;
The PROC FREQ statement is the only required statement for the FREQ procedure. If you specify the following statements, PROC FREQ produces a one-way frequency table for each variable in the most recently created data set.
proc freq; run;
The rest of this section gives detailed syntax information for the BY, EXACT, OUTPUT, TABLES, TEST, and WEIGHT statements in alphabetical order after the description of the PROC FREQ statement. Table 3.3 summarizes the basic function of each PROC FREQ statement.
Table 3.3: Summary of PROC FREQ Statements