DO Loops: Part Deux (It’s a pun. Get it?)

For Part II in this series of posts on DO Loops in SAS, I wanted to discuss an application slightly more complex than the previous example. Loops can not only be used to perform data correction (as shown in the previous post), but can also be very useful in creating new records where none exist. […]

Tensor in SAS

Tensor, a math concept for high order array, is a very useful tool in modern data mining applications. HOSVD, the counter part of SVD in higher order array, is at the heart of modern applications, such as face recognition and clustering, segmentation…

Some Fun with SAS and Perl Regular Expressions

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…