In SAS, how can I assign serial numbers to observations in a data set?

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In SAS, how can I assign serial numbers to observations in a data set?

To assign serial numbers to observations in a data set in SAS, create a variable using _N_, a system variable, which contains observation numbers from 1 through n. Consider the following example:

DATA market_new; SET mydata_old; id = _N_; RUN;

The id = _N_; copies observation numbers to the variable id.

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In SAS, how can I assign serial numbers to observations in a data set?

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