SAS (Statistical Analysis System) Interview Question:

Suppose a dataset with 100000 records. i want 100 records from that dataset and create a dataset.we need to pick the observations random order like
100obs,500obs,1020obs,1890obs,2565obs like that i need 100 obs in random order? how can we create this one?

Submitted by: Administrator

data A;
do slice = 100,500,1890,256,...100th;
set source point=slice;
output;
end;
stop;
run;
Submitted by: Administrator

alternative method is we can use proc survey select procedure in sas
Submitted by: Poonam Gandhe