You merge data sets using the MERGE statement in a DATA
step. The form of the MERGE statement that is used in this section
is the following:
MERGE SAS-data-set-list;
BY variable-list;
SAS-data-set-list
specifies the names
of two or more SAS data sets to merge. The list can contain any number
of data sets.
variable-list
specifies one or more
variables by which to merge the data sets. If you use a BY statement,
then the data sets must be sorted by the same BY variables before
you can merge them.