Hello, readers new and old!We started adding examples a year ago, in advance of the book’s publication. To mark the occasion, we’re closing chapter 7 and starting chapter 8 next week. We’ve crafted a listing of all entries from the first year and mad…
How to predict unemployment rate in US by SAS/ETS
The raw data: hereFILENAME data URL “http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/UNRATE.txt” DEBUG LRECL=100;data one;infile data;input @1 year 4. @6 month 2. @9 day 2. uer;DATE = MDY(MONTH,DAY,YEAR);FORMAT DATE monyy7.;drop year month day;if date=. th…
"Entrywise" Norm calculation using PROC FASTCLUS
In some data mining applications, matrix norm has to be calculated, for instance [1]. You can find a detailed explanation of Matrix Norm on Wiki @ Here
Instead of user written routine in DATA STEP, we can obtain “Entrywise” norm via PROC FASTCLUS ef…
References for Using the XML Engine
Included are some references for using the Libname XML Engine. This can be handy for writing and reading xml.
SAS Documentation on the XML Libname for 9.2: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/engxml/61740/HTML/default/a002594363.htm
An exam…
Getting less e-mail from the SAS discussion forums
Q: How can I cancel e-mail subscriptions of the Discussion Forums? I do not want to get e-mail notices about new updates.
A: You have to clear all of the watches that you have set in your Forums profile. Note that you may want to keep watches se…
Top 10 SAS Tips-of-the-Day from sasCommunity.org
If you haven’t checked out sasCommunity.org yet, you should. It’s a fantastic resource, created by SAS users for SAS users. The wiki-based tool is a collaborative online community designed as a place to find answers, share technical knowledg…