SAS Blogs

Programming Tips

Strengthen your programming skills with tips and techniques from the experts

Rick WicklinFebruary 6, 2023 0

This article is about how to use Git to share SAS programs, specifically how to share libraries of SAS IML functions. Some IML programmers might remember an earlier way to share libraries of functions: SAS/IML released "packages" in SAS 9.4m3 (2015), which enable you to create, document, share, and use

English

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinFebruary 1, 2023 0

Colorblind-safe palettes in SAS

SAS supports the ColorBrewer system of color palettes from the ColorBrewer website (Brewer and Harrower, 2002). The ColorBrewer color ramps are available in SAS by using the PALETTE function in SAS IML software. The PALETTE function supports all ColorBrewer palettes, but some palettes are not interpretable by people with color

English

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 30, 2023 0

Tips for making colorblind-safe statistical graphs

Did you know that about 8% of the world's men are colorblind? (More correctly, 8% of men are "color vision deficient," since they see colors, but not all colors.) Because of the "birthday paradox," in a room that contains eight men, the probability is 50% that at least one is

English

Blogs

Blogs

Programming Tips

Follow Us

What is...