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A SAS® blog for the rest of us![How to download and convert CSV files for use in SAS DATASETS rename output](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/05/renames-473x336.png)
In his recent article Perceptions of probability, Rick Wicklin explores how vague statements about "likeliness" translate into probabilities that we can express numerically. It's a fun, informative post -- I recommend it! You'll "Almost Certainly" enjoy it. To prepare the article, Rick first had to download the source data from
![Using SAS to access Google Analytics APIs GA data via API](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/04/blogga-702x203.png)
Every day before I even wake up, I have little "SAS robots" that do work for me. These are SAS batch jobs that gather data from external services and build data marts, generate reports, and send e-mail. One of those SAS jobs gathers Google Analytics data about our SAS blogs
![Introducing SASPy: Use Python code to access SAS SASPy Interview](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/04/saspyinterview-702x336.png)
Thanks to a new open source project from SAS, Python coders can now bring the power of SAS into their Python scripts. The project is SASPy, and it's available on the SAS Software GitHub. It works with SAS 9.4 and higher, and requires Python 3.x. I spoke with Jared Dean
![How many records are in that PROC SQL result?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/03/sqlobs_trim.png)
Did you know that PROC SQL captures the record count for a result set in a special automatic macro variable? When you create a subset of data to include in a report, it's a nice touch to add a record count and other summaries as an eye-catcher to the report
![Tip for coding your color values in SAS Enterprise Guide](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/02/colors.png)
Colors are the subject of many romantic poems and songs, but there isn't much romance to be found in their hexadecimal values. With apologies to Van Morrison: ...Skipping and a jumping In the misty morning fog with Our hearts a thumpin' and you My cx662F14 eyed girl When it comes
![Reporting on GitHub accounts with SAS](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/01/ssgit.png)
At SAS, we've published more repositories on GitHub as a way to share our open source projects and examples. These "repos" (that's Git lingo) are created and maintained by experts in R&D, professional services (consulting), and SAS training. Some recent examples include: sas_kernel, which provides Jupyter notebook support for SAS.