We can’t stress the importance handling character case correctly. Here are the two functions you need to know and use correctly. In order to convert all characters in a sting to lowercase, use the LOWCASE function. Example: data ds_2; set ds_1; *convert it to lowercase; new_char_var=lowcase(OLD_CHAR_VAR); run; In order to convert all characters in a […]
Progress on the sas7bdat
It is tough at times to be a consultant and get those side projects out of the way. That said, I finally had a chance to really work on the sas7bdat some more over the holidays. Not too much since my personal focus is my kids. A really tough project in…
Challenge Your Comfort Zone
If you have a magazine subscription or you read the magazines at the checkout counter, you know that they are always a month ahead of your calendar. My January 2010 magazines have already arrived and they are all talking about resolutions. Resolu…
Design
You are at the gym running on a treadmill listening to your iPhone through the earbuds. You’re having one of those good, easy runs. Maybe you’re listening to an interesting podcast like WNYC’s Radio Lab, or some good running music. You’re focused. …
Clustering Handwirtten Digits (digitalized optical images)
In this example, we show the a clustering exercise on Optical Recognition of Handwritten Digits Data Set available @ UCI data set repository (Link).
This exercise is a standard application of HOSVD by stacking 8X8 matrix of digitalized&nbs…
Some Preliminaries
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am going to build a new site dedicated to SAS jobs. Before I actually start coding the site, there are some preliminary decisions that need to be made. I have already decided to use Ruby on Rails for the framework. …