NMISS

SAS Function to handle MISSING data -  NMISS

Syntax : NMISS(argument,...argument-n)

Description:  The NMISS() function returns the number of missing values in the specified list of numeric variables. 

Note:The NMISS() function converts any character values to numeric before assessing if the argument value is missing.

MISSING function vs NMISS function : NMISS works with multiple numeric values, whereas MISSING works with only one value that can be either numeric or character

Example : count the number of the variables X, Y, and Z which have missing values:
 Count=nmiss(x,y,z)
 Count=nmiss(of x y z)


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