Applications of PROC COMPARE to Parallel Programming and Other Projects

Jay Iyengar

PROC COMPARE is a valuable BASE SAS procedure which is used heavily in the Pharma industry and other areas. By default, the capability of PROC COMPARE is to reconcile two data sets to determine if they have equivalent sets of records and sets of variables. In the clinical field and elsewhere, PROC COMPARE is often used to validate data sets in projects which involve parallel programming, where programmers independently perform the same tasks. In this paper, I will discuss the role PROC COMPARE plays in different SAS tasks, including DATA STEP merges, parallel programming, generation data sets, and more.

TARDIS: Tracking Alterations and Record Differences in SAS, a Macro to Add Color to Your Dataset Comparisons

Inka Leprince

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