| Functions and CALL Routines |
Returns the kth largest non-missing value.
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Descriptive Statistics
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LARGEST (k, value-1<, value-2
...>)
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k
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is a numeric constant, variable, or expression
that specifies which value to return.
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value
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specifies the value of a numeric constant,
variable, or expression to be processed.
If k is missing,
less than zero, or greater than the number of values, the result is a missing
value and _ERROR_ is set to 1. Otherwise, if k
is greater than the number of non-missing values, the result is a missing
value but _ERROR_ is not set to 1.
The following SAS statements produce these results.
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SAS Statements |
Results |
k=1;
largest1=largest(k, 456, 789, .Q, 123);
put largest1;
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789
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k=2;
largest2=largest(k, 456, 789, .Q, 123);
put largest2;
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456
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k=3;
largest3=largest(k, 456, 789, .Q, 123);
put largest3;
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123
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k=4;
largest4=largest(k, 456, 789, .Q, 123);
put largest4;
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