In section 1.11.4 (p. 50), we discuss referring to lists of variables in a data set. In SAS, this can be done for variable stored in adjacent columns with the “var_x — var_y” syntax and for variables with sequentially enumerated suffixes with the “va…
What’s that color?
There are times when I’m looking for the right color to highlight an item or otherwise make output beautiful. As a result, I am always struggling to find good colors to use in my output. SAS Support to the rescue.
They have created a program that dis…
SAS Data Step’s Built-in Loop: An illustrated Example
Some newbie SAS programmers take SAS as their first programming language even learned. Sometimes they are confused by the concept of “data step’s built-in loop” even after reading the well-written The Little SAS Book: A Primer:
DATA steps also have an underlying structure, an implicit, built-in loop. You don’t tell SAS to execute this loop: SAS […]
Welcome Welcome
I had great plans for how to close out 2010 here in the blog. None of those plans moved from the To Do list to the Done list. So now, before the fireworks, popping corks, and noise makers, let me take a moment to say “Happy New Year.”
Thanks …
SGF: Caesars Palace in Las Vegas again
The mechanic, who wishes to do his work well, must first
sharpen his tools.
–Confucian Analects. BOOK XV.WEI LING KUNG.CHAP.IX.
My paper Work Smarter than Harder-tools for growing up a SAS programmer was accepted by SAS Global Forum 2011. It would be my first time to attend SAS user group conference worldwide. The draft version is […]
A SAS Programmer’s End Year Haiku
End year Haiku again!
Yesterday I finished my project, wrote a Haiku to colleagues worldwide to say happy new year, then closed my desktop, said goodbye to colleagues still in office:
In December my baby born
my project deliveries followed on
Now my co…