Is SAS a programming language?
SAS has a programming language, but IS that all it is? Nope, but it still ranks high as a most marketable programming skill.
Tag: SAS Programming
How to write a SAS macro to emulate recursion (and why you shouldn't)
There are two programming tools that I rarely use: the SAS macro language and recursion. The SAS macro language is a tool that enables you to generate SAS statements. I rarely use the SAS macro language because the SAS IML language supports all the functionality required to write complex programs,
How to define a SAS IML function that has no arguments
The SAS IML Language has a quirk with regards to functions that take no arguments. As discussed in the documentation, "modules with arguments are given a local symbol table." This is the usual behavior that programmers expect. However, the documentation goes on to state that "a module that has no