About this blog
Hi! I’m Michele Reister and I’ll be providing you with an insider’s view into the world of SAS training. Follow along with my colleagues and me as we offer up practical information to help you become a better SAS user.
Mark Jordan
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Mark Jordan is an instructor and course developer at SAS Institute. He grew up in northeast Brazil, retired from the US Navy submarine force in 1994, and has been a SAS programmer ever since. After a nomadic life, Mark seems to have finally settled in Cary, NC with his wife Lori, and their two cats, Tiger Man and Tango.
Recent Posts
SAS Jedi in Paradise #1
It's hard to believe I'm heading out to SAS Global Forum for the first time as a SAS employee! Before coming to SAS, I had ... Read More
Jedi SAS Tricks: Finding Tattoine with DS2
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one. The planet, called Kepler-16b, is the most ... Read More
Jedi SAS Tricks: FUNC(y) Formats
In the previous episode, we built our own custom SAS function - a masterful trick indeed. Gordon Keener, a developer here at SAS, responded exuberantly ... Read More
Jedi SAS Tricks – Roll Your Own Function
A SAS user (who lives in the the US) emailed me a question about SAS functions. He was reading UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) datetime values from ... Read More
Jedi SAS Tricks: Some Experience Required
As a Master Chief in US Navy submarines, one of my favorite sayings was “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment.” ... Read More
Jedi SAS Tricks: These aren't the droids... Episode 2
We started out in Episode 1 cleaning and standardizing data from the Academy. As you recall, Mr. Vader apparently had a attitude when making his entry ... Read More
SAS Jedi in Paradise #2 - Speechless in San Francisco