SAS author's tip: Using the %DS2CSV macro

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|June 14, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Art Carpenter and his latest book Carpenter’s Guide to Innovative SAS Techniques. Art is a talented SAS user and prolific author–and was just recognized in the SAS Circle of Excellence for 30 years of using SAS software. After taking a look at this week’s book [...]

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SAS author's tip: Understanding tokens

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|June 7, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Michele Burlew and her book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition. Michele is the author of several extremely helpful SAS books. Visit her author page to learn more about her work and for additional free content. The following excerpt is from SAS Press [...]

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SAS author's tip: Counting missing values with PROC MEANS

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|May 31, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Gerhard Svolba and his latest book Data Quality for Analytics Using SAS. For additional bonus book content and to learn more about Gerhard and his work, visit his author page. The following excerpt is from SAS Press author Gerhard Svolba’s book “Data Quality for Analytics Using SAS” [...]

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SAS author's tip: Using PROC MEANS to create a data set containing summary information

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|May 24, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Ron Cody and his latest book Cody’s Collection of Popular SAS Programming Tasks and How to Tackle Them. Learn more about this esteemed user and his many bestselling SAS books–as well as get additional bonus content on his author page. The following excerpt is from [...]

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SAS author's tip: SAS/ACCESS interface to PC Files

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|May 10, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Frederick Pratter and his handy book Web Development with SAS by Example, Third Edition. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve probably noticed that this book is frequently excerpted. There’s just so much to choose from! View Pratter’s previously featured tips here. The [...]

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SAS author's tip: Inputting data using text value positioning

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|April 19, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Phil Mason and his ever-helpful book In the Know…SAS Tips and Techniques From Around the Globe, Second Edition. When the book released in 2006, it received a lot of praise from the user community. This quote from SAS user Ron Fehd is a personal favorite: “Phil Mason, one of the SAS [...]

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SAS author's tip: Creating a cross-tabulation table

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|April 12, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Ron Cody and his popular book SAS Statistics by Example. Ron is the author of many bestselling SAS books. If you like this week’s excerpt, visit his author page for additional bonus content from his books! The following excerpt is from SAS Press author Ron [...]

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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: Structured thinking about writing programs

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|March 15, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from A. John Bailer and his book Statistical Programming in SAS. A SAS user for over 30 years, John is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Society for Risk Analysis–and a member of the International Biometric Society and the International Statistical Institute. The following [...]

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SAS author's tip: Using a MODIFY statement to update a master file from a transaction file

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|March 1, 2013

This week’s SAS tip is from Ron Cody and his new book Cody’s Collection of Popular SAS Programming Tasks and How to Tackle Them. If you’re a SAS user and haven’t explored Ron’s work, you’re missing out! Visit Ron’s author page to view his extensive list of SAS books, user [...]

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