OUT= Data Set

The DISTANCE procedure always produces an output data set, regardless of whether you specify the OUT= option in the PROC DISTANCE statement. PROC DISTANCE displays no output. Use PROC PRINT, PROC REPORT, or some other SAS reporting tool to print the output data set.

The output data set contains the following variables:

• the ID variable, if any

• the BY variables, if any

• the COPY variables, if any

• the FREQ variable, if any

• the WEIGHT variable, if any

• the new distance variables, named from PREFIX= options along with the ID values, or from the default values

OUTSDZ= Data Set

The output data set is a copy of the DATA= data set except that the analyzed variables have been standardized. Analyzed variables are those listed in the VAR statement.