Is SAS a programming language?
SAS has a programming language, but IS that all it is? Nope, but it still ranks high as a most marketable programming skill.
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Chris HemedingerRSS
Director, SAS User Engagement
Director, SAS User Engagement
+Chris Hemedinger is the Director of SAS User Engagement, which includes our SAS Communities and SAS User Groups. Since 1993, Chris has worked for SAS as an author, a software developer, an R&D manager and a consultant. Inexplicably, Chris is still coasting on the limited fame he earned as an author of SAS For Dummies.
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Lengths and formats in SAS: the long and short of it
What's the difference between LENGTH and FORMAT in a SAS data set? This article shares the answer, with examples.