How to remove duplicated records\observations WITHOUT sorting in SAS？

Question

I wonder if there is a way to unduplicate records WITHOUT sorting?Sometimes, I want to keep original order and just want to remove duplicated records.

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Answer 1

This is the fastest way I can think of. It requires no sorting.

data output_data_name;
    set input_data_name (
        sortedby = person_id stay
        keep =
            person_id
            stay
            ... more variables ...);
    by person_id stay;
    if first.stay > 0 then output;
run;