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how to merge data files from different countries [message #3519] Tue, 23 December 2014 03:39 Go to next message
aqeelazahra14@yahoo.com is currently offline  aqeelazahra14@yahoo.com
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Hi,

I want to analyse data by combining 4 or five countries.How can i create one file for data of india, pakistan and bangladesh using SAS.

Thanks
Re: how to merge data files from different countries [message #3524 is a reply to message #3519] Fri, 26 December 2014 00:13 Go to previous message
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In this case you don't want to "merge", you want to "append".

I usually work in Stata, but this link seems to say you can use "set" or a "proc append" command in SAS.

https://v8doc.sas.com/sashtml/lrcon/z1081414.htm


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