Scripting Guide - SAS

174 Data Structures Chapter 7
Associative Arrays
New Column( "name",
character,
setvalues( nms[J( 100000, 1, Random Integer( N Items( nms ) ) )] )
)
);
Wait( 0 );
t1 = Tick Seconds();
Write(
"\!N# names from BigBigClass = ",
N Items( Associative Array( dtbig:name ) ),
", elpased time=",
Tick Seconds() - t1
);
Sort a Column’s Values in Lexicographic Order
Because keys are ordered lexicographically, putting the values into an associative array also sorts them. For
example, the