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Summarizing data

Because it is near the end of the year, I thought a blog about “Summarizing” data might be in order. For these examples, I am going to use a simulated data set called Drug_Study, containing some categorical and numerical variables. For those interested readers, the SAS code that I used […]

Summarizing data was published on SAS Users.

Using variable names with special characters

When we wrote the sixth edition of The Little SAS Book: A Primer, one of our goals was to write it for all SAS programmers regardless of which interface they use for coding: SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, the SAS windowing environment, or batch. This is harder than it sounds. […]

Using variable names with special characters was published on SAS Users.

Top Books for SAS Programmers

The Day of the Programmer is not enough time to celebrate our favorite code-creators. That’s why at SAS, we celebrate an entire week with SAS Programmer Week! If you want to extend the fun and learning of SAS Programmer Week year-round, SAS Press is here to support you with books […]

Top Books for SAS Programmers was published on SAS Users.

The Amazing COMPRESS Function

In the past, the COMPRESS function was useful. Since SAS version 9, it has become a blockbuster, and you might not have noticed. The major change was the addition of a new optional parameter called MODIFIERS. The traditional use of the COMPRESS function was to remove blanks or a list […]

The Amazing COMPRESS Function was published on SAS Users.

Clustering made simple

In my new book, I explain how segmentation and clustering can be accomplished in three ways: coding in SAS, point-and-click in SAS Visual Statistics, and point-and-click in SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning using SAS Model Studio. These three analytical tools allow you to do many diverse types of […]

Clustering made simple was published on SAS Users.

Reordering rows and columns in a 2×2 table with SAS® Studio Tasks

In SAS Studio, the ordering of rows and columns in the Table Analysis task are, by default, arranged by the internal ordering of the values used in the table. The table arranges the variables alphabetically or numerically by increasing value. For example, traditional coding uses 1 for Yes and 0 […]

Reordering rows and columns in a 2×2 table with SAS® Studio Tasks was published on SAS Users.

Viewing files, programs, and data sets in SAS Studio

The more I use SAS Studio in the cloud via SAS OnDemand for Academics, the more I like it. To demonstrate how useful the Files tab is, I’m going to show you what happens when you drag a text file, a SAS data set, and a SAS program into the […]

Viewing files, programs, and data sets in SAS Studio was published on SAS Users.