Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4

In this Book

• About This Book
• What's New in Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4
• Accessibility Features of Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4
• What is the SAS System?
• Working with Output Defaults
• Introduction to DATA Step Processing
• Starting with Raw Data—The Basics
• Starting with Raw Data—Beyond the Basics
• Starting with SAS Data Sets
• Understanding DATA Step Processing
• Working with Numeric Variables
• Working with Character Variables
• Acting on Selected Observations
• Creating Subsets of Observations
• Working with Grouped or Sorted Observations
• Using More than One Observation in a Calculation
• Finding Shortcuts in Programming
• Working with Dates in the SAS System
• Methods of Combining SAS Data Sets
• Concatenating SAS Data Sets
• Interleaving SAS Data Sets
• Merging SAS Data Sets
• Updating SAS Data Sets
• Modifying SAS Data Sets
• Conditionally Processing Observations from Multiple SAS Data Sets
• Analyzing Your SAS Session with the SAS Log
• Directing SAS Output and the SAS Log
• Diagnosing and Avoiding Errors
• Finding Logic Errors in Your Program
• Producing Detail Reports with the PRINT Procedure
• Creating Summary Tables with the TABULATE Procedure
• Creating Detail and Summary Reports with the REPORT Procedure
• Plotting the Relationship between Variables
• Producing Charts to Summarize Variables
• Writing Lines to the SAS Log or to an Output File
• Understanding and Customizing SAS Output—The Basics
• Understanding and Customizing SAS Output—The Output Delivery System (ODS)
• Understanding SAS Libraries
• Managing SAS Libraries
• Getting Information about Your SAS Data Sets
• Modifying SAS Data Set Names and Variable Attributes
• Copying, Moving, and Deleting SAS Data Sets
• Introducing the SAS Environment
• Using the SAS Windowing Environment
• Customizing the SAS Environment
• Glossary