It’s early March and one of these days, the snow will melt here in Minnesota, the ice will disappear from the lakes, and spring will arrive. On my list of things to do this spring is a third edition of SAS Macro Programming Made Easy. It’s time to update the
“Speak and you shall be heard.” Well… our students spoke, and we listened! SAS Education is always striving to improve the training we deliver, and one of the most important ways we do this is by taking the time to listen to our students. Over the past several months, our
If you’ve been following along this year, you know that I spoke to Sanjay Matange last month. Sanjay has a top-selling book to his credit and juggles work, speaking engagements and book writing. Another SAS employee who will soon add “Author” to his name is Kevin D. Smith. Kevin is
This week's SAS tip is from A. John Bailer and his book Statistical Programming in SAS. A SAS user for over 30 years, John is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Society for Risk Analysis--and a member of the International Biometric Society and the International Statistical Institute. The following
What does π have to do with exchange rates, much less pie? First a disclaimer: an over-educated family member said that puns are the lowest form of humor. She meant that puns are “crude”, and are not to be used. Exchange rates convert values denominated in one currency into another
I've heard many customers ask "Can SAS do/use/handle census block maps?" My answer was "of course!" ... but I never really had any examples to show/prove that. Well, now I do! :) First, you need to locate & download the shape files for the census blocks you're interested in plotting. For
SAS Publications has been working hard to convert our most popular titles to eBooks. We believe that eBooks are particularly important for our customers outside the US because of shipping costs, import fees, and the time it takes for you to obtain your books. Benefits to reading eBooks: eBooks are
We've analyzed traffic to SAS Documentation pages and these 13 titles are leading the list as the first quarter winds down. The top 13 of 2013, thus far SAS 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fourth Edition Base SAS 9.2 Procedures Guide SAS/STAT 9.2 User's Guide, Second Edition Base SAS 9.2 Procedures Guide: Statistical Procedures, Third
The simple PRINT macro below prints a selected dataset: %macro print(data=&syslast,obs=5); proc print data=&data(obs=&obs); title "%upcase(&data)"; run; %mend print; Suppose you want to print every dataset in the library. Would you enjoy typing a macro call for every dataset in the library? Only if you enjoy coding in the slow
The SAS Global Certification program hit a significant milestone this year by awarding the 50,000th SAS credential. The program has come a long way since its launch 14 years ago. You can now validate your SAS skills in a variety of credentials including: SAS Programming Analytics Administration Data Management Business
