SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Who to thank for your Thanksgiving food](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/11/sweet_potato_combined.png)
Here in the US, we've got the Thanksgiving holiday coming up soon. And the keystone of this holiday is a big dinner, with lots of traditional Thanksgiving foods. But where does all this food come from, and which farmers should we thank for which of the food items? I use SAS
![A short history of The Little SAS Book](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/11/LittleSASBook.jpg)
This blog is co-authored by Susan J. Slaughter and Lora D. Delwiche. SAS Press is now 25 years old. As impressive as that is, a bigger milestone for us personally is that The Little SAS® Book is now 20 years old! We had no idea back then that we would still
![How to build a customized voter registration data viewer](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/11/nc_voter_registration_pie.png)
With a major election coming next year, I was wondering if there have been any shifts & changes in the voters in my state. This seems like an interesting opportunity for some data analysis, eh!?! To get you into the spirit of elections, here's an "I Voted" sticker from my friend
![You’re not using PROC REPORT?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/01/LearnSAS-1.png)
As I visit my clients, it sometimes surprises me when they avoid the use of PROC REPORT. “It’s too different”. Even those that do use it, often fail to take advantage of the procedure’s power by ignoring the compute block. Yes this procedure is different from any other. Yes using
![Using more of the 1,000,000+ English words](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/11/emotion_word_wheel.png)
With over 1,000,000 words in the English language, why is it that we tend to use the same words over & over? This blog shows a hierarchical approach to help you branch out and choose more descriptive words. But first, to get you into the mood for a blog about
![Who was the first SAS user to write a SAS book?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/11/How-to-get-a-computer-to.jpg)
SAS Press is now 25 years old! To commemorate this milestone, I decided to research a question that has fascinated me for years: Who was the first person outside of SAS Institute to write a book about SAS? I first heard about this controversy at the Western Users of SAS