This post assumes you have a little understanding of how regular expressions work and specifically how SAS implements regular expressions. I recently did something like this and thought it would be good to share. Suppose you have a program that search…
DO Loops: Useful Tool in SAS User’s Toolbox
DO Loops in SAS are outside the scope of what most beginning users feel comfortable tackling. However, they are a powerful, time-saving tool in the report writer’s toolbox. For those unfamiliar with programming, loops are a set of instructions that the programmer tells the computer to repeat until predefined condition(s) are true. It’s a simple […]
Finding 9.2 Content
support.sas.com is loaded with detailed information about SAS 9.2. (I’ll include a few references at the end of this post.) We heard you say that you were looking for more generic information about SAS 9.2; the 5,000 foot view if you will. I pi…
SAS 9.2 and Marketing Optimization 5.3 Deployment – A personal story
Contributed by Dwight Mouton, Customer Intelligence Product Management, SAS
I would consider myself a SAS User rather than an “IT” type, which adds two perspectives to my story.
First, there will be a little less detail than what my Sales Engine…
Work With Oracle: A Quick Sheet for SAS Programmers
(Note: All the followings are tested on Windows XP environment.)
0. Install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition
Fast (and free) to download, easy to deploy and simple to admin–for learning and testing purpose, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE, a mini version of Oracle Database 10g Release 2) are strongly recommended:
0.1 Download it at […]
SAS INTNX function ( add days, months, years, etc )
The INTNX function increments dates, times, or datetimes by specific or custom intervals. Here is the basic syntax for INTNX: INTNX(interval[multiple.shift-index], start, increment[, alignment]) The interval can be a set value like – DAY, WEEK, DTWEEK, YEAR, etc. You can also specify a custom interval. We will post more on that later. The multiple is […]