Sorting Pitfalls

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SAS Proc sort is probably one of the easiest procs to use. And sorting in other programs/software is generally pretty straightforward. However, there are a few things I always remind myself when sorting.When you use proc sort you don’t know who is doing the sorting. Does this surprise you? Don’t worry– I don’t know who’s doing the sorting either!It could be a low level routine called by SAS

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