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Jedi SAS Tricks: Pattern Search in DS2

Finding a pattern like a phone number or national ID number embedded in text can be difficult and time consuming. The traditional DATA step has a family of functions (collectively referred to as PRX functions) that allow using Perl regular expressions …

Learn SAS from wherever you are: Live Web classes go global

My daughter is a junior in high school, and for almost every semester she’s taken an online course as part of her studies. This semester she’s taking Spanish 3, an advanced level course where every word of instruction is spoken in Spanish. Each morning she joins the class from our […]

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Learn neural networks and more at Analytics Experience 2017

What’s your favorite time of day?  For me, it’s the morning with a cup of coffee, just as the sun starts to appear on the horizon, emitting a pleasant warm glow.  My least favorite part of the day?  Mornings without coffee when that same big ball of light makes a […]

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Explaining analytics: On craftsmanship

In the Tuscan hilltop village of Montepulciano, a tourist can visit the shop of Coppersmith Cesare Mazzetti. But Mazzetti is not just running his family’s traditional business, he’s demonstrating all the qualities of a historic craftsman.  The visitor may see him work and have him show you photographs of some of […]

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Transitioning from programming in SAS 9 to SAS Viya

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of posts to help current SAS programmers add SAS Viya to their analytics skillset. In this post, SAS instructors Stacey Syphus and Marc Huber introduce you to the new Transitioning from Programming in SAS 9 to SAS Viya video library, designed to show SAS programmers […]

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New practice exam options for SAS Global Certification

A common request we receive about SAS Global Certification practice exams is to make them as close as possible to the actual exams so that future test takers get a more accurate feel for the overall exam experience. Good news. Our new practice exams come as close to the “real thing” […]

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SAS Jedi Christmas – SAS 9.4 M4 DS2 Do Loop Upgrade

This SAS Jedi is very excited about the SAS 9.4 M4 release, which brought many wonderful gifts just in time for Christmas. So in the interest of extending the Christmas spirit, I’m going to blog about some of my favorites! I’ve long loved the SAS DO statement variant which allows […]

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