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Robert AllisonOctober 1, 2018 1

Does the US really produce the most oil now?!?

Over the years, the US has drilled for crude oil in several locations, such as Pennsylvania, Texas, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico. A few years ago, as the US started drilling more in North Dakota, there were forecasts that we would surpass Saudi Arabia in crude oil production. And recently,

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Energy & Utilities

Learn SAS | Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Ron CodyOctober 1, 2018 2

Three of My Favorite Programming Tips

I often get asked for programming tips. Here, I share three of my favorite tips for beginners. Tip #1: COUNTC and CATS Functions Together The CATS function concatenates all of its arguments after it strips leading and trailing blanks. The COUNTC function counts characters. Together, they can let you operate

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 24, 2018 2

River flooding in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence

Here in North Carolina, a hurricane recently moved very slowly across our state, causing major flooding, and even closing miles of interstate highways for longer than a week. There is data available online for gauges along the river (or gages, as they call them), but I doubt many people know

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Government | Insurance

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Robert AllisonSeptember 18, 2018 8

Hurricane Florence: rainfall totals in the Carolinas

"We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain, and big ol' fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath." Was that a quote from the Forrest Gump movie, or something said regarding Hurricane Florence? Could be either one! Hurricane Florence recently came through

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Government | Travel

Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Sian RobertsSeptember 18, 2018 0

Three Proc SQL Tips from Bestselling Author Kirk Paul Lafler

SAS Press author Kirk Paul Lafler's favorite tips using PROC SQL.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 10, 2018 9

Hurricane Florence - and other category 4 hurricanes that hit NC

Here in North Carolina (NC), we're pretty much resigned to the fact that many of the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean are going to visit us. NC sticks out farther into the ocean than most of our neighboring states, and that just makes a tempting target for the hurricanes. But

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 7, 2018 4

Creating industry-specific infographics (eg, 3d printing)

I usually create very technical graphs, that just focus on conveying the information in a concise and straightforward manner (no wasted colors, and nothing to distract you from the data). But sometimes, depending on your audience and the purpose of the graph, you might need to create a graph that

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Manufacturing

Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Ron CodySeptember 6, 2018 5

New edition of the Cody classic: Learning SAS® by Example

Find out about the new edition of Ron Cody's latest best selling book.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 5, 2018 7

How much land does the government own in each US state?

Many of the most beautiful areas in the US are owned by the government, to preserve them and allow access for everyone to enjoy them. And most US schools are traditionally closed during the summer, which provides families a great opportunity to go visit state and federal lands (parks, forests,

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Government

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Robert AllisonAugust 30, 2018 18

Which keyboard keys do you use most frequently?

If you're good at games like Wheel of Fortune, Scrabble, or Words with Friends, you've probably figured out that certain letters appear more often than others. But do you have a cool way to figure out which letters appear most & least frequently? How about using a computer to plot

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