Tag: SAS

NOTE: With SYSTASK, Even Men Can Multi-Task!

I’ve been doing a lot of file manipulation recently (hence my observations on INFILE’s FILEVAR). I’ve become a great fan of SYSTASK for executing operating system commands. The key element to SYSTASK’s capabilities is that it can execute commands …

NOTE: With SYSTASK, Even Men Can Multi-Task!

I’ve been doing a lot of file manipulation recently (hence my observations on INFILE’s FILEVAR). I’ve become a great fan of SYSTASK for executing operating system commands. The key element to SYSTASK’s capabilities is that it can execute commands …

Desktop Files for Launching SAS Apps on Ubuntu

Whilst I often use the command line on Linux, it’s also nice to have icons in the menus to start SAS® applications like SAS Management Console and SAS Display Manager. These days I mostly use GNOME Do as an application launcher (its a bit like Quicksilver for Mac OS X). Naturally I like to be […]

sas7bdat database reader update

An earlier post (1216) introduced a compatibility study (i.e. reverse engineering) of the sas7bdat database file format. The code and documentation for this are here: http://github.com/biostatmatt/sas7bdat. I’ve recently restructured the code as an R package, and added some functionality. Look for the sas7bdat package on the CRAN. Also, the read.sas7bdat code has been ported to […]

R for SAS and SPSS Users, A Review

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ll know that I’m bullish on good data analysis. I am not a programmer by training but, through a variety of projects, I’ve found a solid understanding of data manipulation has … Continue reading

NOTE: Reading Multiple Files (with irregular names)

I was introduced to the INFILE statement’s FILEVAR parameter recently. It seems it’s a great way to read multiple files into a DATA step. Hitherto I had tended to use a widlcard in the FILEREF.

To read multiple files with similar names, you can simply…