![Fun with Flags: Optimizing Arrangements of Stars with SAS](https://blogs.sas.com/content/operations/files/2017/07/51stars-640x336.png)
Tomorrow is Independence Day, a federal holiday in the United States. Flags are displayed everywhere, especially in Washington, D.C., where I live. So let's have a little Fun with Flags! The current U.S. flag has 50 stars, one per state, with five rows of six stars interleaved with four rows