如何在SAS中计算百分位数

Question

I want to calculate the 95th percentile of a distribution. I think I cannot use proc means because I need the value, while the output of proc means is a table. I have to use the percentile to filter the dataset and create another dataset with only the observations greater than the percentile. Clearly I don't want to use the numeric value..because I want to use it in a macro .

Answer 1

Don't put summary statistics into macro variables. You risk loss of precision. This is based on your cryptic description of the problem.

proc means...
   output out=pct95 pct95=
   run;
data subset;
   if _n_ eq 1 then set pct95;
   set data;
   if value < pct95;
   run;

Answer 2

You can suppress proc means from outputting your results in a new tab using the noprint option. Try this:

proc means data = your_data noprint;
    var variable_name;
    output out = your_data2 p95= / autoname;
run;