STAT 321 - Assignment # 8
The two SAS data sets COMPANYA and COMPANYB, shown below, are on the L:-drive (look in the
usual place) and are available through the web site. Download these to your local SAS data library.
Company A Company B
OBS COMPANY TYPE AMOUNT OBS COMPANY TYPE AMOUNT
1 A SALES 2345 1 B EXPENSES 6673
2 A EXPENSES 1123 2 B SALES 10001
3 A EXPENSES 2239 3 B SALES 2392
4 A SALES 4994 4 B EXPENSES 4500
Write a SAS program that will combine the two data sets so that a PROC PRINT of the new data set looks
like the one shown below (all the variables and observations are shown).
COMPANY CATEGORY AMOUNT
A EXPENSES 1,123
A EXPENSES 2,239
B EXPENSES 4,500
B EXPENSES 6,673
A SALES 2,345
B SALES 2,392
A SALES 4,994
B SALES 10,001