Tag: sgplot

Visualized: US Currency in circulation, past and present

During my morning commute I heard an interesting news story on NPR’s Morning Edition about the merits and risks of the $100 bill. Apparently there are a lot of them in circulation, but no one knows exactly where they are. According to the report, they are seldom used for legitimate […]

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Binge on this series: Fun with ODS Graphics

SAS Community member @tc (a.k.a. Ted Conway) has found a new toy: ODS Graphics. Using PROC SGPLOT and GTL (Graph Template Language), along with some creative data prep steps, Ted has created several fun examples that show off what you can do with a bit of creativity, some math knowledge, […]

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Boaty McBoatface is on the run

I know what you’re thinking: two “Boaty McBoatface” articles within two weeks? And we’re past April Fool’s Day? But since I posted my original analysis about the “Name our ship” phenomenon that’s happening in the UK right now, a new contender has appeared: Poppy-Mai. The cause of Poppy-Mai, a critically […]

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And it’s Boaty McBoatface by an order of magnitude

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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Through the years: SAS Enterprise Guide versions

Last week Rick Wicklin posted a nifty chart that shows the timeline of SAS releases since Version 8. A few of you asked if I could post a similar chart for SAS Enterprise Guide. Here it is. Like Rick, I used new features in SAS 9.4 to produce this chart […]

Mathematical squiggles in SAS

John D. Cook shared a picture of “pretty squiggles” on his blog, as well as a prose description of the mathematics behind it. I’m more of a programmer than a mathematician, but I’ve attempted to transcribe his description into a SAS program. I used DATA step to generate the point […]

Implement BY processing for your entire SAS program

Most SAS procedures support the BY statement, which allows you to create a report or analysis for each distinct value of a variable in your data set. The syntax is simple, and SAS procedures are usually tuned to do a good job of processing the data efficiently. However, the BY […]

Reaching a dubious peak

So many of us struggle with this mountain. In fact, 68.27% of us get within sight of reaching the summit (while 95.47% of us are at least on a perceivable slope). We run, walk, crawl and sometimes slide our way uphill (from one direction or the other) until we finally […]