SAS users are big data consumers and big data creators. Often, we have to deal in large data files (or many smaller files) — and that means ZIP compression. ZIP compression tools such as gzip, 7-Zip, and WinZip are ubiquitous, but they aren’t always convenient to use from within a […]
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SAS trick: get the LIBNAME statement to create folders for you
When I work on SAS projects that create lots of files as results, it’s often a requirement that those files be organized in a certain folder structure. The exact structure depends on the project, but here’s an example: /results |__ html |__ images |__ xls |__ data Before you can […]