SAS Programming II Manipulating Data With the Data Step Course Notes

Author(s): Sas Institute

Publisher: Sas Institute

Date     : 2000

Pages    : 465

Format   : PDF

Language : English

ISBN-10  : 1580256503



Introduction



•course logistics

•course overview

•SAS syntax review

•navigating the SAS windowing environment (self-study)

Controlling Input and Output



•outputting multiple observations

•writing to multiple SAS data sets

•selecting variables and observations

Summarizing Data



•creating an accumulating total variable

•accumulating totals for a group of data

Reading Raw Data Files



•reading raw data files with formatted input

•controlling when a record loads

•additional techniques for list input (self-study)

Data Transformations



•manipulating character values

•manipulating numeric values

•converting variable type

Debugging Techniques



•using the PUTLOG statement

•using the DEBUG option

Processing Data Iteratively



•DO-loop processing

•SAS array processing

•using SAS arrays

Restructuring a Data Set



•rotating with the DATA step

•using the TRANSPOSE procedure

Combining SAS Data Sets



•using data manipulation techniques with match-merging

Other SAS Languages



•an overview of other languages

•using the SQL procedure

•the SAS macro language

Learning More



•SAS resources

•beyond this course





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