SAS Freq

Usage

To display frequencies of variables, try:

proc freq data=LIBREF.TABLE order=freq;
  tables VARLIST;
run;

To list unique values, add the nlevel option to the procedure.

Tables Statement

The TABLES statement creates a table for each variable specified in VARLIST.

To create a crosstab, try:

proc freq data=LIBREF.TABLE;
  tables STUBVAR*BANNERVAR;
run;

To suppress certain aspects of the frequency table, specify the corresponding supresion option. For example, to suppress cumulative frequencies, try:

proc freq data=LIBREF.TABLE order=freq;
  tables VARLIST / nocum;
run;

The options are:

By Statement

The BY statement specifies one or more variables for which the PROC FREQ should be split.

Tables Out

To store the frequencies displayed on a table, try:

proc freq data=LIBREF.TABLE order=freq;
  tables VARLIST / nocum out=LIBREF.NEWTABLE;
run;

NEWTABLE will contain the enw variables COUNT and PERCENT.

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