Pyramid plots are a common way to display the distribution of age groups in a human population. The percentages of people within a given age category are arranged in a barplot, often back to back. Such displays can be used distinguish males vs. femal…
The Fall User Group Season Looms Ever Larger…
… and I couldn’t be more pleased about it!Within another few weeks, I’ll be starting my semi-annual blitz of the regional user groups. This fall, I plan on attending and presenting at meetings in Toronto, Quebec City, Hamilton, Calgary, Edmonton, Mo…
Delete single format from library
proc catalog catalog=library.formats;        delete yn.format dnk.formatc;quit;*** yn is numeric format, dnk is character format;
SAS Enterprise Guide – Why Experienced Programmers Should Use It
Chris Hemedinger, author of The SAS Dummy blog and member of the team that builds SAS Enterprise Guide, and Stacey Syphus, SAS Enterprise Guide curriculum development manager, recently took some time to discuss the upcoming SAS Enterprise Guide 4….
Learning SAS without access to the software at work or school
As you know, I use this blog space to answer some of the questions that are submitted in our feedback forms and surveys. There are many questions for which I have no answer. But, I’m a long-time SAS employee and that has its advantages. One of …
How to get the details of formats from the format libraries:
If you are like me wanted to get the details of formats stored in the format library, here are two easy ways ….Proc catalog or Proc format
Proc Catalog: Proc catalog will give us the details about name and type (numeric or character) of formats
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