N Function
Returns the number of nonmissing numeric values.
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Descriptive Statistics |
Syntax
Required Argument
argument
specifies a numeric
constant, variable, or expression. At least one argument is required.
The argument list can consist of a variable list, which is preceded
by OF.
Comparisons
The N function counts
nonmissing values, whereas the NMISS and the CMISS functions count
missing values. N requires numeric arguments, whereas CMISS works
with both numeric and character values.
Example
The following SAS statements
produce these results.