| Procedure features: |
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CONTENTS statement options:
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ORDER= |
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COLLATE |
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CASECOLLATE |
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IGNORECASE |
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VARNUM | |
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options nonotes nodate nonumber nocenter formdlim ='-';
data test;
d=2;
b001 =1;
b002 =2;
b003 =3;
b001z=1;
B001a=2;
CaSeSeNsItIvE2=9;
CASESENSITIVE3=9;
D=2;
casesensitive1=9;
CaSeSeNsItIvE1a=9;
d001z=1;
CASESENSITIVE1C=9;
D001a=2;
casesensitive1b=9;
A =1;
a002 =2;
a =3;
a001z=1;
A001a=2;
run; |
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%let mydata=WORK.test;
ods output Variables=var1(keep=Num Variable);
ods listing close;
proc contents data=&mydata;
run;
ods listing;
title "Default options";
proc print data=var1 noobs;
run;
ods output Variables=var2(keep=Num Variable);
ods listing close;
proc contents order=collate data=&mydata;
run;
ods listing;
title "order=collate option";
proc print data=var2 noobs;
run;
ods output Variables=var3(keep=Num Variable);
ods listing close;
proc contents order=casecollate data=&mydata;
run;
ods listing;
title "order=casecollate option";
proc print data=var3 noobs;
run;
ods output Variables=var4(keep=Num Variable);
ods listing close;
proc contents order=ignorecase data=&mydata;
run;
ods listing;
title "order=ignorecase option";
proc print data=var4 noobs;
run;
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ods output Position=var5(keep=Num Variable);
ods listing close;
proc contents data=&mydata varnum;
run;
ods listing;
title "varnum option";
proc print data=var5 noobs;
run; |
The following table shows the results of the ORDER= default, the COLLATE
option, and the CASECOLLATE option:
Using the COLLATE and CASECOLLATE Options
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default |
COLLATE |
CASECOLLATE |
Num Variable
15 A
18 A001a
6 B001a
8 CASESENSITIVE3
12 CASESENSITIVE1C
7 CaSeSeNsItIvE2
10 CaSeSeNsItIvE1a
13 D001a
16 a002
17 a001z
2 b001
3 b002
4 b003
5 b001z
9 casesensitive1
14 casesensitive1b
1 d
11 d001z
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Num Variable
15 A
18 A001a
6 B001a
12 CASESENSITIVE1C
8 CASESENSITIVE3
10 CaSeSeNsItIvE1a
7 CaSeSeNsItIvE2
13 D001a
17 a001z
16 a002
2 b001
5 b001z
3 b002
4 b003
9 casesensitive1
14 casesensitive1b
1 d
11 d001z
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Num Variable
15 A
18 A001a
17 a001z
16 a002
2 b001
6 B001a
5 b001z
3 b002
4 b003
9 casesensitive1
10 CaSeSeNsItIvE1a
14 casesensitive1b
12 CASESENSITIVE1C
7 CaSeSeNsItIvE2
8 CASESENSITIVE3
1 d
13 D001a
11 d001z
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The following table shows the results of the ORDER= default, IGNORECASE
option, and VARNUM option.
Results of Using the IGNORECASE and VARNUM Options
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default |
IGNORECASE |
VARNUM |
Num Variable
15 A
18 A001a
6 B001a
8 CASESENSITIVE3
12 CASESENSITIVE1C
7 CaSeSeNsItIvE2
10 CaSeSeNsItIvE1a
13 D001a
16 a002
17 a001z
2 b001
3 b002
4 b003
5 b001z
9 casesensitive1
14 casesensitive1b
1 d
11 d001z
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Num Variable
15 A
16 a002
18 A001a
17 a001z
2 b001
3 b002
4 b003
6 B001a
5 b001z
9 casesensitive1
7 CaSeSeNsItIvE2
8 CASESENSITIVE3
10 CaSeSeNsItIvE1a
14 casesensitive1b
12 CASESENSITIVE1C
1 d
13 D001a
11 d001z
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Num Variable
1 d
2 b001
3 b002
4 b003
5 b001z
6 B001a
7 CaSeSeNsItIvE2
8 CASESENSITIVE3
9 casesensitive1
10 CaSeSeNsItIvE1a
11 d001z
12 CASESENSITIVE1C
13 D001a
14 casesensitive1b
15 A
16 a002
17 a001z
18 A001a
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