Sashelp Data Sets

Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data

The Sashelp.Mileages data set contains a table of flying mileages between 10 US cities. This data set is frequently used to illustrate cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling. The following steps display information about the Sashelp.Mileages data set and create Figure B.15:

title 'Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data';
proc contents data=sashelp.Mileages varnum;
   ods select position;
run;

title 'The Full Data Set';
proc print data=sashelp.Mileages heading=horizontal;
   id city;
run;

Figure B.15: Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data

Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data

Variables in Creation Order
#	Variable	Type	Len
1	Atlanta	Num	8
2	Chicago	Num	8
3	Denver	Num	8
4	Houston	Num	8
5	LosAngeles	Num	8
6	Miami	Num	8
7	NewYork	Num	8
8	SanFrancisco	Num	8
9	Seattle	Num	8
10	WashingtonDC	Num	8
11	City	Char	15

The Full Data Set

City	Atlanta	Chicago	Denver	Houston	LosAngeles	Miami	NewYork	SanFrancisco	Seattle	WashingtonDC
Atlanta	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chicago	587	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Denver	1212	920	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Houston	701	940	879	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Los Angeles	1936	1745	831	1374	0	.	.	.	.	.
Miami	604	1188	1726	968	2339	0	.	.	.	.
New York	748	713	1631	1420	2451	1092	0	.	.	.
San Francisco	2139	1858	949	1645	347	2594	2571	0	.	.
Seattle	2182	1737	1021	1891	959	2734	2408	678	0	.
Washington D.C.	543	597	1494	1220	2300	923	205	2442	2329	0