In a voting contest, is it possible for a huge population to get behind a ridiculous candidate with such force that no other contestant can possibly catch up? The answer is: Yes. Just ask the folks at NERC, the environmental research organization in the UK. They are commissioning a new […]
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In previous articles, I’ve shared tips about how you can work with SAS and ZIP files without requiring an external tool like WinZip, gzip, or 7-Zip. I’ve covered: How to create ZIP files with ODS PACKAGE ZIP (available since SAS 9.2) How to “unzip” and read ZIP files using FILENAME […]
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Leap year questions come up all of the time in computing, but if there is any true season for it, it’s now. The end of February is approaching and developers wonder: does my process know that it’s a leap year, and will it behave properly? People often ask how to […]
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TL;DR The next time that you find yourself writing a PROC SORT step, verify that you’re working with the SAS Base engine and not a database. If your data is in a database, skip the SORT! The details: When to skip the PROC SORT step Many SAS procedures allow you […]
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The ODS statement controls most aspects of how SAS creates your output results. You use it to specify the destination type (HTML, PDF, RTF, EXCEL or something else), as well as the details of those destinations: file paths, appearance styles, graphics behaviors, and more. The most common use pattern is […]
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When reading a text file (common extensions: TXT, DAT; or, for the adventurous: HTML) with the DATA STEP, you should always view several lines from the text file, and compare to the record layout, before completing the INPUT statement. There are many ways to view a text file. I use […]
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Dataset too big for PROC PRINT? One weird trick solves your problem! proc print data=bigdata (obs=10); run; The OBS= dataset option specifies the last observation to process from an input dataset. In the above example, regardless of dataset size, only the first 10 observations are printed; an easy way to […]
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New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg made a new-year’s resolution to learn code. Apple’s Steve Jobs said, “I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” President Barrack Obama said, “Don’t just buy a new video game, make one. […]
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