Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide - Acsu Buffalo

226 How Can PROC COMPARE Output Be Customized? 4 Chapter 9
The SAS System 2
COMPARE Procedure
Comparison of PROCLIB.ONE with PROCLIB.TWO
(Method=EXACT)
Listing of Common Variables with Differing Attributes
Variable Dataset Type Length Format Label
gr1 PROCLIB.ONE Num 8 4.1
PROCLIB.TWO Num 8 5.2
Observation Summary
Observation Base Compare
First Obs 1 1
First Unequal 1 1
Last Unequal 4 4
Last Match 4 4
Last Obs . 5
Number of Observations in Common: 4.
Number of Observations in PROCLIB.TWO but not in PROCLIB.ONE: 1.
Total Number of Observations Read from PROCLIB.ONE: 4.
Total Number of Observations Read from PROCLIB.TWO: 5.
Number of Observations with Some Compared Variables Unequal: 4.
Number of Observations with All Compared Variables Equal: 0.
The SAS System 3
COMPARE Procedure
Comparison of PROCLIB.ONE with PROCLIB.TWO
(Method=EXACT)
Values Comparison Summary
Number of Variables Compared with All Observations Equal: 1.
Number of Variables Compared with Some Observations Unequal: 3.
Total Number of Values which Compare Unequal: 6.
Maximum Difference: 20.
Variables with Unequal Values
Variable Type Len Compare Label Ndif MaxDif
state CHAR 8 Home State 2
gr1 NUM 8 2 1.000
gr2 NUM 8 2 20.000
“Procedure Output” on page 244 shows the default output for these two data sets.
Example 1 on page 255 shows the complete output for these two data sets.