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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![What makes SAS Global Forum great?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2021/02/SASGF-blog-image-702x336.jpg)
The people, the energy, the quality of the content, the demos, the networking opportunities…whew, all of these things combine to make SAS Global Forum great every year. And that is no exception this year. Preparations are in full swing for an unforgettable conference. I hope you’ve seen the notifications that
![Deleting a substring from a SAS string](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2021/02/delete-piece-from-string-600x336.jpg)
SAS' Leonid Batkhan shows you how to delete a substring from a character string - one of the common character data manipulation tasks.
![Turning external files into SAS® data sets: common problems and their solutions](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2020/02/ProblemSolvers-400x336.jpg)
Amber Elam of SAS Technical Support reveals common challenges and solutions when you convert external files into SAS data sets.
![Inserting a substring into a SAS string](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2021/02/Figure-1-600x336.jpg)
SAS' Leonid Batkhan demonstrates a common character data manipulation task of inserting a substring into a character string.
![Creating codebooks with SAS macros](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2021/01/75608-e1611855763161.gif)
SAS Press author Kim Chantala shows you how to to spend less time preparing data so you can lavish time on analysis.
![Game on! Here's a fun way to learn SAS](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2021/01/samurai-337x336.png)
SAS' Leonid Batkhan encourages you to join him at SASensei, an independent, third-party online SAS learning resource (game).