“Code golf” is a fun programming pastime that challenges you to solve a problem with the least amount of code possible. Like regular golf, the goal is to use fewest code “strokes” to hit the mark. Here’s a recent challenge that was posted to me via Twitter. @cjdinger @SASJedi got […]
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The Base SAS DATA step has been a powerful tool for many years for SAS programmers. But as data sets grow and programmers work with massively parallel processing (MPP) computing environments such as Teradata, Hadoop or the SAS High-Performance Analytic…
The United States declared independence in 1776, and we celebrate it on July 4th every year. But the land areas that make up the United States today weren’t necessarily the same as they were back then. So I thought it would be interesting to create a m…
SAS programmers have long wanted the ability to control the flow of their SAS programs without having to resort to complex SAS macro programming. With SAS 9.4 Maintenance 5, it’s now supported! You can now use %IF-%THEN-%ELSE constructs in open code. This is big news — even if it only […]
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In FiveThirtyEight’s Significant Digits section, they recently mentioned that nine states could potentially have 50% or more females in their legislature after the upcoming election. My first thought – I need to see some graphs! They linked to a New Yo…
At SAS, we love data. Data is central to our corporate vision: to transform a world of data into a world of intelligence. We’re also famous for enjoying M&Ms, but to us they are more than a sweet snack. They’re also another source of data. My colleague Pete Privitera, with […]
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