What Are SAS Arrays? In SAS, an array is a convenient way of temporarily identifying a group of variables. It’s not a data structure, and the array name is not a variable. An ARRAY statement defines an array. An array reference uses an array element in a program statement. All variables that are associated with … Read more
LIKE Operator In SAS The LIKE operator selects observations by comparing the values of a character variable to a specified pattern, which is referred to as pattern matching. The LIKE operator is case sensitive. There are two special characters available for specifying a pattern: 1. percent sign (%) It specifies that any number of characters … Read more
The WHERE statement can be used to filter out or subsetting the data based on specific conditions. It specifies specific conditions to use to select observations from a SAS dataset. Using the WHERE statement might improve the efficiency of your SAS programs because SAS is not required to read all observations from the input data … Read more
The PROC APPEND procedure can be used to append observations from one dataset to the end of another SAS dataset. It kind of stacks the datasets one after another. The APPEND procedure functions the same as the APPEND statement in the PROC DATASETS procedure. The only difference between the APPEND procedure and the APPEND statement … Read more
There are multiple methods that can be used to combine or append two or more datasets in SAS. In this article you’ll learn 5 simple ways to combine and append SAS datasets as follows. Appending Or Concatenating Two Datasets Vertically – Stacking The Datasets Appending Or Concatenating Stacked Sorted Data Values PROC APPEND To Concatenate … Read more
The PROC DATASETS procedure is used to manage SAS datasets. With this procedure, you can list, change, append, and repair datasets and create and maintain indexes. The DATASETS procedure is a utility procedure that manages your SAS datasets. With PROC DATASETS, you can do the following: copy SAS datasets from one SAS library to another … Read more
The PROC PRINT procedure is usually used to view dataset observations in SAS. You need to specify the dataset name with data=option in the proc print procedure. Here is a simple example of how to print a dataset in SAS. Basic Syntax: proc print data=data-set-name;run; Here is the sample example to print sashelp.class dataset. /* … Read more
The SAS macro language is an extremely flexible tool which facilitates SAS programmers with the ability to re-run the same code for a set of different parameters. It can be done using DO-LOOP by passing required parameters but alternatively you could also use the CALL EXECUTE routine which is more robust and efficient. Call Execute … Read more
You can use the PROC PRINT procedure to print observations in a SAS data set using some or all of the variables. It’s one of the oldest yet relevant SAS procedures which is being used widely. With the new more advanced procedure like PROC REPORT, ODS system, PROC PRINT kind of left behind in the … Read more
PROC REPORT statement combines features of the PROC PRINT, PROC MEANS, and PROC TABULATE procedures with features of the DATA step in a single report-writing tool that can produce a variety of reports. You can use PROC REPORT procedure to create a report with the SAS dataset and in the formats you would like to … Read more