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%macro rank ( dsn      =  /*   data set name              */
            , wgt      =  /*   weight variable            */
            , var      =  /*   analysis variable          */
            , rank     =  /*   name for the rank variable */
            , quantile =  /*   5 for quintiles            */
                          /*  10 for deciles              */
                          /*  20 for duo or demi deciles  */
                          /* 100 for percentiles          */
            ) ;

      data _NULL_  ;
       set &DSN end=last ;

           sumofwgt + &wgt   ;
           if last then call symput ('SUM', trim(left(put(sumofwgt, best.))))
;

      run ;

      proc sort  data = &DSN     ;
           by    descending &VAR ;
      run ;

      data &DSN  ;
       set &DSN  ;

           drop sumofwgt ;

           sumofwgt + &WGT ;

           &rank = 0 ;
           do i = 1 to ( &quantile - 1 ) ;
              if ( ( &rank = 0 ) and ( sumofwgt le (( &SUM*i)/&quantile ) ) )
              then &rank = i ;
           end ;
           if (&rank = 0) then &rank = &quantile ;
           drop i ;

           label &rank = "Rank for the Variable: &VAR." ;

      run ;

%mend rank ;

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This example uses a macro that will produce weighted ranks where QUANTILE= relates to the GROUPS= options in PROC RANK.

Type:	Sample
Topic:	Analytics ==> Nonparametric Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> RANK Analytics ==> Transformations

Date Modified:	2005-08-27 03:03:14
Date Created:	2005-01-26 16:18:02

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