ORDINAL Function

Returns any specified order statistic

Category: Descriptive Statistics

Syntax

ORDINAL ( count,argument,argument , )

Arguments

count

• is an integer that is less than or equal to the number of elements in the list of arguments.

argument

• is numeric. At least two arguments are required. An argument can consist of a variable list, preceded by OF.

Details

The ORDINAL function sorts the list and returns the count ^th argument in the list.

Examples

SAS Statements	Results
x1=ordinal(4,1,2,3, ˆ’ 4,5,6,7);	3