NMISS Function

Returns the number of missing numeric values.

Category:

Descriptive Statistics

Syntax

NMISS(argument-1<,...argument-n> )

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.

Details

The NMISS function returns the number of missing values, whereas the N function returns the number of nonmissing values. NMISS requires numeric values, whereas CMISS works with both numeric and character values. NMISS works with multiple numeric values, whereas MISSING works with only one value that can be either numeric or character.

Example

The following SAS statements produce these results.

SAS Statement	Result
x1=nmiss(1,0,.,2,5,.);	2
x2=nmiss(1,0);	0
x3=nmiss(of x1-x2);	0

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