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SAS tutorial: Creating a new variable in SAS

By Maggie Miller on SAS Learning Post April 3, 2014 Topics | Learn SAS Programming Tips

This SAS tutorial video will show you how to create a new variable with Base SAS.

During the step-by-step video, you will see exactly how to create and modify numeric and character variables using assignment statements in a DATA step.

Watch and learn…

To learn more about the steps in this video, check out our Programming 1: Essentials course.

We have many more tutorial videos on SAS programming and analytics functions, as well as learning SAS Studio and SAS Visual Analytics. Go to SAS Tutorials for more.

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Maggie Miller
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+ Maggie Miller was formerly a communications specialist at SAS. You'll likely find her writing blogs, shooting videos and sharing it all on social media. She has nearly ten years of journalism experience that she brings to her writing to help you learn and grow with SAS. Follow on Twitter @maggiemiller0