An Example on how to generate lead values

An Exapmle:

Dataset In05

Obs x

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

Code:

data Out05;

merge

In05

In05(

firstobs=2

keep=x

Rename=(x=lead_x)

);

/* by is dropped intentionally */

run;

Output:

Obs x lead_x

1 1 2

2 2 3

3 3 4

4 4 .