I often create temporary ODS output files – and getting rid of those files after I’m done is an extra chore I don’t relish. For example, if I want to generate a PDF-only report and email it from SAS (see “Jedi SAS Tricks: Email from the Front – Part 2”) […]
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If you plan to travel abroad and see the world, you’ll need a passport. And, depending on several factors, you might also need travel visas. Which passports allow you to travel with the least amount of hassle (and the least amounts of visas)? Let’s cre…
Suppose you want a list of car manufacturers from the CARS dataset. Easy! Call the %CHARLIST macro from a %PUT statement, like this: The CHARLIST macro generates a list of unique values of a selected variable from a selected dataset. So does PROC FREQ. But, if you don’t need statistics, the CHARLIST […]
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Quick Quiz! Where might you hear the following conversation? … Waitress: “What would you like to drink, honey?” Customer: “I’ll have a coke.” Waitress: “What kind?” Customer: “Diet Pepsi.” If you answered somewhere between Texas and Georgia, you woul…
To make accurate predictions, it is necessary that the sample data you use for model development is compatible with the target population. The distribution of each input used in the model should be similar in the sample and the target population. In yo…
In growing areas such as the Research Triangle Park, there is always the tough decision between developing land for business, or keeping it natural for parks and recreation. SAS is fortunate to have the great hiking trails at Umstead Park just across t…