Handbook of SAS DATA Step programming. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Arthur Li.
• Other Names: Li, Arthur
• Contents: Introduction to SAS; SAS Program and Language; Reading DATA into SAS; Creating and Modifying Variables; Base SAS Procedures Subsetting Data by Selecting Variables; Changing the Appearance of Data Creating Variables Conditionally ; The IF-THEN/ELSE Statement; Executing One of Several Statements; Modifying the IF-THEN/ELSE Statement with the Assignment Statement Understanding How the DATA Step Works ; DATA Step Processing Overview; Retaining the Value of Newly Created Variables; Conditional Processing in the DATA Step; Debugging Techniques BY-Group Processing in the DATA Step ; Introduction to BY-Group Processing; Applications Utilizing BY-Group Processing Writing Loops in the DATA Step; Implicit and Explicit Loops; Utilizing Loops to Create Samples; Using Looping to Read a List of External Files Array Processing; Introduction to Array Processing; Functions and Operators Related to Array Processing; Some Array Applications; Applications That Use Multi-Dimensional Arrays Combining Data Sets ; Vertically Combining Data Sets; Horizontally Combining Data Sets Data Input and Output; Introduction to Reading and Writing Text Files; Reading Text Files; Creating Text Files Data Step Functions ; Introduction to Functions and CALL Routines; Date and Time Functions; Character Variables; Functions for Converting Variable Types Useful SAS Procedures ; Using the SORT Procedure to Eliminate Duplicate Observations; Using the COMPARE Procedure to Compare the Contents of Two Data Sets; Restructuring Data Sets Using the TRANSPOSE Procedure; Creating the User-Defined Format Using the FORMAT Procedure; Using the OPTIONS Procedure to Modify SAS System Options References Exercises appear at the end of each chapter;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 241 pages)
• Subjects: 005.5/5; Statistics -- Data processing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Database management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; SAS (Computer program language) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; COMPUTERS -- Mathematical & Statistical Software; Database management; SAS (Computer program language); Statistics -- Data processing; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466552395; 1466552395; 1466552387; 9781466552388
• Related ISBNs: 9781466552388
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.