SAS author's tip: Turning off output to the results window

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|March 29, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Lauren Haworth, Cynthia L. Zender, and Michele Burlew’s book Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond. This monumental guide is packed with a wide-array of techniques and examples. As SAS programmer Christine Iodice said, “This book is one-stop shopping for all your ODS needs!” [...]

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SAS author's tip: Creating a data set from a hash object

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|January 11, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Michele Burlew and her new book SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy. Michele is the author of several revered user-friendly books. Be sure to take a look at the free chapter from her latest after reading this week’s tip. The following excerpt is from SAS [...]

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SAS author's tip: Sending ODS output to your printer

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|December 13, 2012

This week’s SAS tip is from Lauren Haworth, Cynthia Zender, and Michele Burlew’s book Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond. This mega book is packed with multiple examples that can help all levels of SAS users. If you’re using ODS, take a look at these previously featured tips from the book: [...]

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3 misconceptions about SAS hash objects: and why you should start using them now

Aimee Rodriguez
Aimee Rodriguez|September 11, 2012

Michele Burlew’s new book, SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy takes users through the newest look-up technique from SAS, one that has many still shaking their heads. “Not many DATA step programmers have used hash objects much,” Burlew says. “They seem scary because they operate a little differently from the SAS [...]

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SAS author's tip: Building a macro program in 4 steps

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|June 22, 2012

This week’s SAS tip comes from Michele Burlew and her book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition. Michele is the accomplished author of  7 SAS Press books and a much-respected SAS expert. You can learn more about Michele and read a free chapter from each of her books here. And if you like [...]

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SAS author's tip: selecting variables to include in output

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|March 8, 2012

This week’s tip comes from three authors who’ve made a big impact within the SAS user community. Lauren Haworth, Cynthia Zender, and Michele Burlew partnered up to write Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond a couple of years ago-and their book remains a bestselling go-to guide for anyone wanting to learn more about ODS. [...]

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SAS author's tip: using %NRSTR to mask macro triggers

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|February 10, 2012

As SAS user Marje Fecht said “We all want a ‘SAS programming assistant’ to help us complete our jobs more quickly.” Fecht, Senior Partner at Prowerk Consulting, then went on to say “In her book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition, Michele Burlew encourages us to take advantage of the SAS [...]

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Author to author: top tips for new writers

Aimee Rodriguez
Aimee Rodriguez|December 12, 2011

SAS Press prides itself on being a place where users come to help other users. Collaboration is key here—not just between authors and the SAS Press team, but among authors alike. So we asked two of our authors, one experienced and one currently working on his first  book, to share [...]

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SAS author's tip: macro functions %EVAL and %SYSEVALF

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|September 23, 2011

One of of my favorite reviewer quotes about Michele Burlew’s book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition is” [ It ] helps eliminate the ‘fear factor’ often associated with using macros, while offering valuable insight to programmers with a broad range of experience.” –Suson vonLehmden, RTI International I’ve worked with Michele Burlew [...]

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The Ultimate Set for SAS DATA Step Programmers

Kirsten Hamstra
Kirsten Hamstra|June 24, 2010

Are you a SAS DATA step programmer? If so, be sure to take advantage of this exclusive “buy 2 books, get 1 free” offer from SAS Publishing. Solutions for SAS Data Step Programmers: The Essential Three-Book Set of Examples from Michele Burlew features 3 of her most popular books, including: [...]

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